No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn’t manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should’ve done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?
CHRISTIAN BALENo, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn’t manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should’ve done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?
CHRISTIAN BALEAn actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
CHRISTIAN BALEIt’s the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
CHRISTIAN BALEI don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
CHRISTIAN BALECertainly I have no attraction to misery. I don’t intentionally go for dark.
CHRISTIAN BALEPlanning a career, I always find a tricky thing, because I don’t have much of a plan, really.
CHRISTIAN BALEIf everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn’t be so adored in the slightest.
CHRISTIAN BALEI have a fear of being boring.
CHRISTIAN BALEIt was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.
CHRISTIAN BALEResearch 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.
CHRISTIAN BALEBeing misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
CHRISTIAN BALEI never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
CHRISTIAN BALEI find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
CHRISTIAN BALEI 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.
CHRISTIAN BALEI don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
CHRISTIAN BALEIt’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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