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.
CHRISTIAN BALEI’m English. Our dentistry is not world famous. But I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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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Nuclear apocalypse-who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.
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I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people’s favorite movies. And that’s what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.
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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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In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We’re in love with each other beyond belief.
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Putting on weight is easy all the way through. But after the first couple of weeks, the novelty wears off very quickly, and your body is groaning and starting to really shout at you, saying, ‘Why? Why? Why? Why are you doing this?’
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I swear, the bigger your muscles get, the duller you are. You become fascinated with carbs and protein and ripped abs and things that are just not interesting at all.
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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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If you’re doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.
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People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can’t do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I’m flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed, but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.
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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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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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I become a bit of a blank page in public. And that’s precisely why I like acting.
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There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.
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I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
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Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
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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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The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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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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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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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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My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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I 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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I like being responsible for myself.
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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 find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
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