Christian Bale

If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest. ↗

— Christian Bale

#am #everyone #i #i am #jerk

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya. ↗

— Christian Bale

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I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do. ↗

— Christian Bale

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It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me. ↗

— Christian Bale

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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. ↗

— Christian Bale

#background #damn #disappear #fade #feel

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. ↗

— Christian Bale

#anecdotes #around #bicycle #bunch #ended

An actor should never be larger than the film he's in. ↗

— Christian Bale

#film #larger #never #should #than

And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them. ↗

— Christian Bale

#also #being #big #each #entertainment

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. ↗

— Christian Bale

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I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living. ↗

— Christian Bale

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