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 BALEI think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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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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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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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The art of survival is a story that never ends.
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I don’t get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can’t help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.
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It’s got to do with putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.
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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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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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We are starting off with our own different characters and our own laws and everything, looking at Bruce Wayne and how he came to be the person that he was and how he comes to be this man that jumps around in the Bat suit.
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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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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.
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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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Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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