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.
CHRISTIAN BALEThe only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn’t do it. I think I’d be terrible.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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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Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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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.
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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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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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I have a fear of being boring.
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Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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The art of survival is a story that never ends.
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Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
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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 only sound intelligent when there’s a good script writer around.
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As an actor, I don’t feel like it’s necessary to watch a great deal of films. In fact, I think it can lead to imitation and unhealthy competition, which just isn’t needed.
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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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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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I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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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 want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.
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Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don’t intentionally go for dark.
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