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Christian Bale

(1974) Film Actor United Kingdom

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Christian Bale is a film actor from the United Kingdom, best known for Communist Rape of America : A Traitor's Legacy.

Quick Facts About Christian Bale

Born: January 30, 1974
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Film Actor
Notable works: Communist Rape of America : A Traitor's Legacy
Spouse: Sandra Blažić

About Christian Bale

He has won an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and has been nominated four times for British Academy Film Awards. In 2014 he was among the highest‑paid actors, and The Independent later listed him as one of the greatest actors of the 21st century.

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award

Quotes by Christian Bale · Page 5

I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative…

Attitude

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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…

Character

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I was standing on the back lot where they were creating the suit, and I had a few minutes to myself, staring…

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I'd love to say I was completely impervious to anybody's opinion, but that just ain't the truth. Of course it matters. After…

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You have to make an effort to be in an unprotected environment because everyone thinks you're a completely incapable idiot who couldn't…

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I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say…

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I really do get a kick out of acting when it's done really well. When there's a feeling on the set and…

Acting

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I will never say never, but I will say never to doing the more typical romantic comedies. You know, unless I'm getting…

Comedies

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I don't think I was particularly in need of superheroes. I never had any fascination with Superman or Spider-Man or a Batman…

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It helps so much being on location. It's like the difference between performing for the rectangle of the camera versus a world…

Cameras

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When you do a lot of interviews, you find yourself telling the same stories over and over. After you do it for…

Art making

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But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn't mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go…

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I love acting, I love what we do. It's so bloody silly at times, isn't it? It's like playing dress-up, and other…

Acting

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I know a lot of other actors that don't like to look at other references to their characters and things. But I…

Actors

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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…

Acting

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'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason…

Bad guy

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

Apathy

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Personally, I love going to see a film when you can really watch a character. If you've just read some article about…

Actors

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I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene. For me, that's some kind…

Life

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