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I feel like I’m pretty good but I don’t like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.

Christian Bale

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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Competition Deal Feeling Greatness Myself Necessary Watch
You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.
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Degree Discover Order Treat Yourself
I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It’s wonderful, isn’t it?
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Character Element Ideas Magic Movie Myself Wonderful
You’ll hunt me. You’ll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that’s what needs to happen. Because sometimes truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
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Deserve Dog Enough Faith Hunt Need People Reward Time Truth
In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can’t quite do it as much anymore.
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Growth Honesty Ideas Myself Old Quite Story
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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Day Disappointment Each Other Feeling Manage Myself Occasion
And being as I’m somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them.
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Kind Love Machine Mood Movie Myself Try
It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
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Future Pursue See Wait
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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Audience Feeling Fools Pretty Worth
I like being responsible for myself.
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Accountable Myself Responsibility
I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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Experience Life Myself Personal Play Scene
Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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Dedication Effort Hard Work Inspirational Yourself
Research can be interesting, but it can be pointless as well. The realities of making a movie often are not conducive with that. I’m not knocking it. I love doing research myself, but I admit it doesn’t always add to the performance.
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Admit Movie Myself Point Reality Research
All I’ve ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn’t finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.
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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.
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Actor Give Up Art Compromise Mercy People Proud Yourself
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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I feel like I’m pretty good but I don’t like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.

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I feel like I’m pretty good but I don’t like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.

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