Christian Bale quotes - page 3

Christian Bale is a Welsh actor acclaimed for his intense and transformative performances. His work spans a wide range of genres, including dramas, thrillers, and superhero films. He is widely recognized for roles in movies such as "American Psycho," "The Dark Knight" trilogy, and "The Fighter." Here are 86 of his quotes:

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring. (Christian Bale)

Putting on weight is easy all the way through. But after the first couple of weeks, the novelty wears off very quickly, and your body is groaning and starting to really shout at you, saying, 'Why? Why? Why? Why are you doing this?'

Christian Bale

I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.

Christian Bale

I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.

Christian Bale

I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over the years.

Christian Bale

In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can't quite do it as much anymore.

Christian Bale

A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.

Christian Bale

I'll find myself having dinner with people and someone will mention something and I will say I was in that situation once. Then I'll say, forget it, it was a scene I was in. That can get to be quite confusing.

Christian Bale

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.

Christian Bale

There was a great complexity to my father. He was a devoted family man. But, in the same breath, he simply was not suited to an anchored life. He should have been somebody who had a backpack, an old map, a bit of change in his pocket and that was it - roaming the world.

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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 authority about it because of not having done it properly. For me, movies are what I love. (Christian Bale)

I started my career without fans.

Christian Bale

Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly.

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I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.

Christian Bale

There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances, would be absolutely unbelievable things to really say, and you would look at these people like they're freaks for conversing that way. But somehow for certain styles of movies, it works, and it seems fine.

Christian Bale

One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later.

Christian Bale

How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun.

Christian Bale

I've always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician's work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much about an artist, it somehow lessens their ability to do their work as well.

Christian Bale

Bruce: Quel bandito, in Birmania, lo avete preso? - Alfred Pennyworth: Sì. - Bruce: Come? - Alfred Pennyworth: Abbiamo bruciato la foresta.

Christian Bale

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

Christian Bale

I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things. (Christian Bale)

There are occasions when I've pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a firefight. Clearly it's absolutely ridiculous, and even disrespectful, to suggest that I understand what that is.

Christian Bale

I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master? Is this a wide? What are you doing? If I look up and notice the camera I go 'Oh, it's a big one today, must be an IMAX.' And that's kinda it for me because it doesn't affect what I'm doing.

Christian Bale

I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an actor - I can't stand it when you have actors who are trying to leverage directors into doing things they don't want to do.

Christian Bale

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.

Christian Bale

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Christian Bale

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Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0

Occupation: Welsh Actor
Born: January 30, 1974
Quotes count: 86

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