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
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
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
Basically, it's somebody who got stuck having to interview me who really wants to be a novelist, so they're writing these novellas… — 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 know a lot of other actors that don't like to look at other references to their characters and things. But I… — 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
If you're smart you're just gonna be all about the work. But as a young person, you want to going out to… — 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 feel like I'm pretty good but I don't like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the… — 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 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
How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun. — 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
I want to be able to just act and never do any interview, but I don't have the balls to stand up… — 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
I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an actor -… — 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
