If you’re doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.
CHRISTIAN BALECertainly I have no attraction to misery. I don’t intentionally go for dark.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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 find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.
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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 everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn’t be so adored in the slightest.
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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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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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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 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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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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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.
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Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
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Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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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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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.
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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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