In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can’t quite do it as much anymore.
CHRISTIAN BALEYou’ll hunt me. You’ll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that’s what needs to happen. Because sometimes truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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I feel like I’m pretty good but I don’t like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.
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Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.
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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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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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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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Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
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My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
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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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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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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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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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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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I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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