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Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.

Christian Bale

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
The art of survival is a story that never ends.
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Art End Story Survive
Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
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Career Myself Planning Trick
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 like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It’s wonderful, isn’t it?
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Character Element Ideas Magic Movie Myself Wonderful
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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Admire Life Myself Reality
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
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 find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.
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Act Call Finding Funny Hilarious Job Live Man
I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.
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Myself Thinking Try Woman World Worst
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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Body Boredom Brain Exercise Work Yourself
And being as I’m somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them.
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Kind Love Machine Mood Movie Myself Try
People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can’t do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I’m flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed, but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.
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Destroy Drama Example Ignorance Myself People Symbol
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
In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We’re in love with each other beyond belief.
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Beautiful Belief Beyond Life Love Marriage Myself Relationship Wife
All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You’ve said that you will commit to this part, and I just can’t live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.
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Commitment Live Muscle Myself Obligation Reality Time
I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don’t rely on some bag of acting tricks I’ve amassed over the years.
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Certain Movie Myself Stability Start Trick
Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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Embarrassment Stardom
Nuclear apocalypse-who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.
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Actor Growth List Pretend Yourself
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.
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Feeling Goodness Kind Myself Work
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
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
I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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Experience Life Myself Personal Play Scene
It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
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Future Pursue See Wait
I like being responsible for myself.
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Accountable Myself Responsibility
Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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Dedication Effort Hard Work Inspirational Yourself
I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
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Confusion Image Kind Movie Myself People

Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.

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