I swear, the bigger your muscles get, the duller you are. You become fascinated with carbs and protein and ripped abs and things that are just not interesting at all.
CHRISTIAN BALEIt’s the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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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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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I become a bit of a blank page in public. And that’s precisely why I like acting.
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Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you’re giving it up, you’re at the mercy of so many other people.
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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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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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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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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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Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
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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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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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I have a fear of being boring.
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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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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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You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.
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