We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
CHRISTIAN BALEI have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn’t have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.
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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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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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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.
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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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The 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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My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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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.
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I’d love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I’m in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable.
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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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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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You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.
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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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I never, in any city I’ve ever been in, never remember the names of streets. The longest place I ever lived in was for five years and I didn’t know the name of the next street over.
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I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.
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