It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That’s partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless they pursue roles that are very different from what they’ve done before.
CHRISTIAN BALEWhatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
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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.
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I only sound intelligent when there’s a good script writer around.
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What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There’s got to be something a little bit loose in there.
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The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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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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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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I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.
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It’s very easy to leave when things go wrong, but to stick around and to basically give life to a town because of everything that it gave you generation after generation after generation, that to me is what defines a true American.
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Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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I tend to think you’re fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.
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And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.
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