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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.

Christian Bale

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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Growth Honesty Ideas Myself Old Quite Story
A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Attention Fade Myself Notice People
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Imagination Myself Person Shoes Training Try
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 BALE

Feeling Goodness Kind Myself Work
If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn’t be so adored in the slightest.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Admire Life Myself Reality
I don’t get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can’t help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Effect Help Movie Myself Open Reduce Scene
Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Dedication Effort Hard Work Inspirational Yourself
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Act Important Intense Relax State Thinking
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Attention Desire Fascination Man Myself Quiet
I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Feeling Myself Play Safety
An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Actor Big Himself Movie
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Avoid Different Love Movie People Prediction Secret Work
I’ll find myself having dinner with people and someone will mention something and I will say I was in that situation once. Then I’ll say, forget it, it was a scene I was in. That can get to be quite confusing.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Confusion Myself People Quite Situation
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Built Character Happiness Learning Myself
Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Faith Goodness Reward Time Truth
I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Ambitious Enjoyment Expectation Happiness Myself

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