I think the harder the shoot, the more I feel like I'm enjoying myself. — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am. — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I think it's important when you're acting to be as relaxed as possible even if you're doing something intense. You're basically in… — 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
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
The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn't do… — 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
I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
You have to make an effort to be in an unprotected environment because everyone thinks you're a completely incapable idiot who couldn't… — 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
Dieter Dengler was an amazing man. Who knows what he would've been had he not ever been tested in this way? It's… — 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
So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that… — 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 don't think I was particularly in need of superheroes. I never had any fascination with Superman or Spider-Man or a Batman… — 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
I certainly liked performing [Patrick Bateman], but it was because he thinks he's so [bloody] cool and just the [stuff], but is… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
For me, I think the harder the shoot, the more I feel like I'm enjoying myself. — 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'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
As an actor, I don't feel like it's necessary to watch a great deal of films. In fact, I think it can… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason… — 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
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