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.
CHRISTIAN BALEWorking out is incredibly boring. I swear it’s true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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I seek the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.
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I never, in any city I’ve ever been in, never remember the names of streets. The longest place I ever lived in was for five years and I didn’t know the name of the next street over.
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Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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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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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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The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn’t do it. I think I’d be terrible.
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My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.
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We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.
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After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.
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I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don’t rely on some bag of acting tricks I’ve amassed over the years.
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I’ll find myself having dinner with people and someone will mention something and I will say I was in that situation once. Then I’ll say, forget it, it was a scene I was in. That can get to be quite confusing.
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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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Nuclear apocalypse-who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.
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And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.
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