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 BALEIt’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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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It was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.
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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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I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.
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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?
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Well, it’s embarrassing to be a star.
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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.
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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 have a fear of being boring.
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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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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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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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A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.
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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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I want to do good work. I want the opportunity to work with good people, and the only way I’m gonna do that is to commit 110% – you get out what you put in.
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