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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.

Christian Bale

I’ve had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I’m trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don’t want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Experience Feeling Kind Life Movie Myself Painful
There are occasions when I’ve pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a firefight. Clearly it’s absolutely ridiculous, and even disrespectful, to suggest that I understand what that is.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Myself Occasion Pretend Respect Understand
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
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

Audience Feeling Fools Pretty Worth
If you’re doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Emotion Feeling Job Risk Yourself
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’m English. Our dentistry is not world famous. But I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Destiny Famous Missing Myself World
An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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Actor Big Himself Movie
The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Interesting Movie
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Live Myself Name Place Remember Street
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
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Actor Give Up Art Compromise Mercy People Proud Yourself
I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Confusion Image Kind Movie Myself People
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
I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Character Myself Nature Play Similarity Thinking
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Goodness Movie Myself Thinking Tough Worst

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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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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