How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun. — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for. — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
What I like about it is that I'm not somebody who's in movies. I'm a guy who's not very good going around… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Research can be interesting, but it can be pointless as well. The realities of making a movie often are not conducive with… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
People always say, "What do you want to do next, what kind of movie do you want to do next?" And I… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
It was always that I finished one movie and then had no idea what I was doing. I think there's a limited… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I chose to tell a personal story. When you tell a movie like this that's as emotionally charged as this is, it's… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
You either decide to take the easy way out, which means you're only going to disappoint yourself and everybody else, or you… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
It's tough to make a good movie. I think the bigger the movies are, the worse they are. A lot of big… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I never try to guess what anyone else will take from a movie. Every movie is such a different experience for each… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along. That's partly because I found myself getting typecast, as everyone does unless… — Christian Bale Copy Share
Nuclear apocalypse-who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be… — Christian Bale Copy Share
There's a level of confidence in the actor you're working with that really helps a lot. It makes all the difference. — Christian Bale Copy Share
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… — Christian Bale Copy Share
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… — Christian Bale Copy Share
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… — Christian Bale Copy Share
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.… — Christian Bale Copy Share
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… — Christian Bale Copy Share
Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded. — Christian Bale Copy Share
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.… — Christian Bale Copy Share
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… — Christian Bale Copy Share
