“I feel like I'm pretty good but I don't like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.” KnowsWantFeelsKindMovingNextSpeakMy OwnHorns Author:Christian Bale
“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 a lot of money and you kind of forget about what they are and they don't really make you think.” ThinkingKindBigsForgetToughBiggerLots Of MoneyMake You ThinkGood MovieBig Movie Author:Christian Bale
“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
“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
“It helps so much being on location. It's like the difference between performing for the rectangle of the camera versus a world being created and then the camera finds things within that. There's a huge difference in that, because what it takes away is performance. You don't feel like performing. You're just kind of doing it. You're existing.” WorldFeelsKindHelpingDifferencesHugePerformancesCamerasPerformingLocationVersusRectangles Author:Christian Bale
“After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.” FirstsKindFilmFoundExpectationsBurdenModest Author:Christian Bale
“People always say, "What do you want to do next, what kind of movie do you want to do next?" And I say, "I wanna do whatever script that is the best one that comes my way." I certainly would never say, "Oh, I'm gonna do a Western next," and sit around waitin' for a Western to come along when there's some other genre's brilliant script sitting right there.” PeopleKindWesternBrilliantMy Way Author: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.” MenKindMeanJobsActingGrown Man Author:Christian Bale
“What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got to be something a little bit loose in there.” MenKindLittlesRunningBitsCitiesHellLittle BitDressesBats Author:Christian Bale
“'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason is because, like in most Westerns, you have the very clear-cut bad-guy/good-guy, however, as the movie progresses, you kind of see that it's a very fine line that divides these two.” ThinkingKindTwoReasonGuyReadingLinesTalkingClearCuttingProgressFineDividesBad GuysGood GuyFine Lines Author:Christian Bale
“In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.” KindEnjoyTermInterestDoubtComedyRomanticRomantic LoveOxymoron Author:Christian Bale
“I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.” PeopleWantKindTermUnpredictable Author:Christian Bale
“I don't think I was particularly in need of superheroes. I never had any fascination with Superman or Spider-Man or a Batman kind of character. If it happened at all, it was imagined characters that I had invented. My dad was a role model for me. He was a fascinating man. There was intrigue and entertainment growing up with him. He gave me an edict that I still pursue: “Life should never be boring."” IfsThinkingMenNeedsShouldKindStillsCharacterRolesGrowing UpGrowingHappenedDadModelsMy DadEntertainmentBoringPursueFascinatingRole ModelsIntrigueSuperheroSpidersFascinationSpider Man 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
“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 the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them.” TryingKindBigsChristianMassEntertainmentMoodAll KindsChristian LivingMovie Love Author:Christian Bale
“I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.” PeopleWantKindIdeasFactsTurnsTermOppositesUnpredictable Author:Christian Bale
