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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.

Christian Bale

I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Ambitious Enjoyment Expectation Happiness Myself
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 BALE

Commitment Goodness People Work Yourself
I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Myself Thinking Try Woman World Worst
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Imagination Myself Person Shoes Training Try
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Act Important Intense Relax State Thinking
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?
CHRISTIAN BALE

Day Disappointment Each Other Feeling Manage Myself Occasion
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 BALE

Different Myself Pursue Role Wait
We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Direction Life Ourselves Way
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Achievement End Movie Myself Old Stupid
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 BALE

Myself Occasion Pretend Respect Understand
Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Embarrassment Stardom
An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Actor Big Himself Movie
I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Feeling Myself Play Safety
I’m English. Our dentistry is not world famous. But I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Destiny Famous Missing Myself World
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Attention Fade Myself Notice People
You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Degree Discover Order Treat Yourself

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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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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