“I have a very sissy job, where I go to work and get my hair done, and people do my makeup, and I go and say lines and people spoil me rotten. And everyone has that kind of curiosity of how far can you go, how far can you take it. I think it's always good testing yourself.” PeopleThinkingKindDoneJobsLinesHairCuriosityMakeupTestingSpoilRottenSissyTesting Yourself Author:Christian Bale
“You get those occasional moments when you're absolutely calm, and you've just done something that would have scared you shitless earlier that day, and you've just done it like it was nothing. I find that very relaxing.” DoneMomentsCalmScaredOccasional Author:Christian Bale
“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 wonder how you would fare with that. Nobody's interested in somebody who doesn't ever really do anything. I don't have a choice in that. I will always go for those kinds of characters. Each one is a separate choice for me, but I think it's fairly natural to find yourself gravitating towards people who have done extraordinary things.” PeopleThinkingLooksKindDoneCharacterChoicesNaturalInterestingWonderExtraordinaryFascinatingFinding YourselfExtraordinary Things Author:Christian Bale
“Suddenly people were saying I was cocky because I'd done a Steven Spielberg movie and thought I was better than everyone else, which surprised me at first. I suddenly started feeling like a freak because everyone was treating me differently. It was confusing, and I did wonder if acting was for me anymore.” PeopleDoneFeelingsActingWonderFreakConfusingCocky Author:Christian Bale
“When I imagined my life, I always thought I'd be in my mid-30s before I felt capable of marrying. But I suddenly found that I'd met somebody and I said, "Screw it. I'm not gonna sit here saying, 'Oh no, I'm not ready,' and regret not having done this later on and the possibility of not having this person around." I thought, I'll jump into it and we'll figure it out as we go along.” DonePossibilityRegretCapableNot Ready Author:Christian Bale
“No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?” ShouldI CanDoneFeltChallengesDisappointmentManageOccasions Author:Christian Bale
“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 they pursue roles that are very different from what they've done before.” DoeDifferentDoneFoundWaitingRolesPursueTypecasting Author:Christian Bale
“I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that.” WantFeelsKindDoneScenePainfulDirtyNaughtyPainful Experiences Author:Christian Bale
“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.” DoneActorsSpeakAuthorityTheater Author:Christian Bale
