Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
CHRISTIAN BALEThe 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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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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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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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.
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In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We’re in love with each other beyond belief.
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No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn’t manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should’ve done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?
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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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I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
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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 don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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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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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.
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I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.
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If you’re doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.
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My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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