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.
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 tend to think you’re fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.
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I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.
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It’s got to do with putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.
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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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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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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 art of survival is a story that never ends.
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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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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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I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.
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People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can’t do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I’m flesh and blood, I can be ignored, I can be destroyed, but as a symbol, as a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting.
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I like being responsible for myself.
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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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Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don’t intentionally go for dark.
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