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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

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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Imagination Myself Person Shoes Training Try
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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Admire Life Myself Reality
Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don’t intentionally go for dark.
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Attraction Darkness Intention Misery Myself
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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Kind Love Machine Mood Movie Myself Try
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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Audience Feeling Fools Pretty Worth
Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you’re giving it up, you’re at the mercy of so many other people.
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Actor Give Up Art Compromise Mercy People Proud Yourself
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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Destiny Famous Missing Myself World
I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.
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Myself Thinking Try Woman World Worst
Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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Actor Bad Truth Understand Yourself
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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Achievement End Movie Myself Old Stupid
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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Body Boredom Brain Exercise Work Yourself
Planning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
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Career Myself Planning Trick
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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Myself Occasion Pretend Respect Understand
I only sound intelligent when there’s a good script writer around.
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Around Intelligence Scripture Sound Writing
We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three Batman films. That’s enough. Let’s not get greedy. It’s a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Enjoyment Enough Fortunate Movie Myself
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.
CHRISTIAN BALE

Different Myself Pursue Role Wait

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.

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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.

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