#vie

A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something I'm interested in trying. I would fail miserably at it, so why even bother? ↗

— Christian Bale

#desire #even #fail #go #i

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

The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise? ↗

— Hugo Ball

#images #language #long #paradise #real

I 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 Bale

#because #consider #decide #disasters #else

I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it? ↗

— Christian Bale

#character #element #having #how #i

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. ↗

— Christian Bale

#bag #certainly #each #i #movie

They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies. ↗

— Afrika Bambaataa

#allow #black #buy #carried #considered

The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter. ↗

— Eric Bana

#after #matter #months #movies #people

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#changes #everything #everything changes #get #mind

Your spikes, which were really quite long then, would catch the material of the track and your shoe would get heavier. I was simply filing them down and rubbing some graphite on the spikes. I thought I would run more effectively. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#down #effectively #filing #get #heavier