Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy… — 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
Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded. — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
If something's true and sincere, it happens regardless of marketing. The more I talk about it, the more I'm telling people how… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
When it comes to films, people often don't differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I quite like it when you're working with people and you only get to know them through the scenes that you're doing… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I always leave disaster for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
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… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I have a very sissy job, where I go to work and get my hair done, and people do my makeup, and… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I'll find myself having dinner with people and someone will mention something and I will say I was in that situation once.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I don't like filmmakers to tell people how they should react to their movies. I absolutely have favorites, and I have others… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
If I'm not working, I really have nothing to do with it - I'm not hanging out and mixing with film people.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me.… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
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… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
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… — 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
There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances,… — 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
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… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I tend to stay in character between scenes... to be rather serious on set, but here's why, and I think people will… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
There are occasions when I've pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
For me any moment in front of a crowd is embarrassing, because I can't stand being in front of people. I'm probably… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
'The Machinist' changed me. I learned that I really enjoy, literally, not saying a damned word for days at a time, except… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man I'm… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I want to do good work. I want the opportunity to work with good people, and the only way I'm gonna do… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
You say something bad about Newsies and you have an awful lot of people to answer to. — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Suddenly people were saying I was cocky because I'd done a Steven Spielberg movie and thought I was better than everyone else,… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn.… — 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
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… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded. — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
