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I have a fear of being boring.

Christian Bale

I’ve had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I’m trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don’t want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that.
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Experience Feeling Kind Life Movie Myself Painful
We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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Direction Life Ourselves Way
I become a bit of a blank page in public. And that’s precisely why I like acting.
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Act Blank Myself Nature Page
Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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Embarrassment Stardom
An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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Actor Big Himself Movie
You’ll hunt me. You’ll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that’s what needs to happen. Because sometimes truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
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Deserve Dog Enough Faith Hunt Need People Reward Time Truth
I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn’t have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.
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Attitude End Fake Live People Theory Yourself
I only sound intelligent when there’s a good script writer around.
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Around Intelligence Scripture Sound Writing
But I learned that there’s a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there’s not much else that can really get to ya.
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Built Character Happiness Learning Myself
I’d love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I’m in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable.
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Avoid Different Love Movie People Prediction Secret Work
There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.
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Body Exercise Shape Yourself
The only thing that I’m obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
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Happiness Myself Obsession Sleep
And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.
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Boredom Inheritance Myself Parents Worst Yourself
I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.
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Commitment Enjoyment Insanity Myself Need People Serious
It’s the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
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Audience Feeling Fools Pretty Worth
I like being responsible for myself.
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Accountable Myself Responsibility
Essentially, I’m untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I’m going to be playing.
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Imagination Myself Person Shoes Training Try
I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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Feeling Myself Play Safety
I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people’s favorite movies. And that’s what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.
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Decision Intrigue Leaving Movie Myself People
After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.
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Burden Expectation Kind Modesty Movie Myself Success
I think it’s important when you’re acting to be as relaxed as possible even if you’re doing something intense. You’re basically in a state of dynamic relaxation.
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Act Important Intense Relax State Thinking
My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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Boredom Father Himself Influence
What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There’s got to be something a little bit loose in there.
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Decision Kind Loose Man Run
I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
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Character Myself Nature Play Similarity Thinking
It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That’s partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they’ve done before.
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Different Myself Pursue Role Wait
I’m English. Our dentistry is not world famous. But I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them.
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Destiny Famous Missing Myself World
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
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Attention Desire Fascination Man Myself Quiet

I have a fear of being boring.

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