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You'll hunt me, set dogs on me, because sometimes truth isn’t enough. Christian Bale says people need dramatic examples to shake off apathy, and that an actor’s job is to become someone else, not a rock star. He also notes that attitudes can keep life from becoming a ridiculous charade.

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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.…

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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…

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If something's true and sincere, it happens regardless of marketing. The more I talk about it, the more I'm telling people how…

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Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.

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I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I…

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Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy…

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You say something bad about Newsies and you have an awful lot of people to answer to.

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I quite like it when you're working with people and you only get to know them through the scenes that you're doing…

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If I'm not working, I really have nothing to do with it - I'm not hanging out and mixing with film people.…

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I don't like filmmakers to tell people how they should react to their movies. I absolutely have favorites, and I have others…

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I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in…

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I have a very sissy job, where I go to work and get my hair done, and people do my makeup, and…

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I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in…

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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.…

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I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That…

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I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me.…

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I'm sure you find it fascinating. It's always interesting for everybody to look at people who've been pushed to the brink. You…

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People always say, "What do you want to do next, what kind of movie do you want to do next?" And I…

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I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me.…

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There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances,…

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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…

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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…

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When it comes to films, people often don't differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the…

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I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get…

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I always leave disaster for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's…

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Suddenly people were saying I was cocky because I'd done a Steven Spielberg movie and thought I was better than everyone else,…

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People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I'm…

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For me any moment in front of a crowd is embarrassing, because I can't stand being in front of people. I'm probably…

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'The Machinist' changed me. I learned that I really enjoy, literally, not saying a damned word for days at a time, except…

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There are occasions when I've pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a…

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Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is…

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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…

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A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire.…

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I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I think people will…

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My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what…

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I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and…

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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.…

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I never try to guess what anyone else will take from a movie. Every movie is such a different experience for each…

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I have a fear of being boring.

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

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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…

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…

When it comes to films, people often don't differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the film itself.…

It's tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big movies make…

Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.

There's such ups and downs. You may think that you've kind of found a spot and a groove and it seems to be working.…

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.

People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I'm flesh and…