I’ve had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I’m trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don’t want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that.
CHRISTIAN BALEIt’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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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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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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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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I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
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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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All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You’ve said that you will commit to this part, and I just can’t live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can.
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Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it’s true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.
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In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We’re in love with each other beyond belief.
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You’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.
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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 seek the means to fight injustice. To turn fear against those who prey on the fearful.
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I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.
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It’s about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.
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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 don’t get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can’t help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.
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