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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.

Christian Bale

It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Future Pursue See Wait
What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There’s got to be something a little bit loose in there.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Decision Kind Loose Man Run
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Live Myself Name Place Remember Street
We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Direction Life Ourselves Way
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
If you’re doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Emotion Feeling Job Risk Yourself
The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn’t do it. I think I’d be terrible.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Comedy Interest Myself Romantic Terrible Thinking
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
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Comedy Doubt Leadership Myself Romance Romantic
I’ve had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I’m trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don’t want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Experience Feeling Kind Life Movie Myself Painful
Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Actor Bad Truth Understand 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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Admit Movie Myself Point Reality Research
Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Faith Goodness Reward Time Truth
I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Confusion Image Kind Movie Myself People
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
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Audience Feeling Fools Pretty Worth

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