I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
CHRISTIAN BALEWell, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three Batman films. That’s enough. Let’s not get greedy. It’s a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with.
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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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Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
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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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I only sound intelligent when there’s a good script writer around.
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I seek the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.
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It’s tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big movies make a lot of money and you kind of forget about what they are and they don’t really make you think.
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The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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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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Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
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I never, in any city I’ve ever been in, never remember the names of streets. The longest place I ever lived in was for five years and I didn’t know the name of the next street over.
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In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they’ll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.
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The art of survival is a story that never ends.
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