It’s tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big movies make a lot of money and you kind of forget about what they are and they don’t really make you think.
CHRISTIAN BALEI 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.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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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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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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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It was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.
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All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You’ve said that you will commit to this part, and I just can’t live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.
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I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.
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I seek the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.
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Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it’s true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.
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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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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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But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn’t mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go from 121 right back up to 180, which is way too fast obviously. And that resulted in some doctors visits to get things sorted out.
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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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The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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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.
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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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