I feel like I’m pretty good but I don’t like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.
CHRISTIAN BALEI don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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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If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn’t be so adored in the slightest.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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If you’re doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.
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All I’ve ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn’t finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.
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The art of survival is a story that never ends.
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Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it’s true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.
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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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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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It’s got to do with putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.
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In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can’t quite do it as much anymore.
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I want to do good work. I want the opportunity to work with good people, and the only way I’m gonna do that is to commit 110% – you get out what you put in.
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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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But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn’t mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go from 121 right back up to 180, which is way too fast obviously. And that resulted in some doctors visits to get things sorted out.
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Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
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