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 BALEThe only thing that I’m obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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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 a state of dynamic relaxation.
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I want to do good work. I want the opportunity to work with good people, and the only way I’m gonna do that is to commit 110% – you get out what you put in.
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I never, in any city I’ve ever been in, never remember the names of streets. The longest place I ever lived in was for five years and I didn’t know the name of the next street over.
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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.
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Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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It was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.
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I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.
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It’s very easy to leave when things go wrong, but to stick around and to basically give life to a town because of everything that it gave you generation after generation after generation, that to me is what defines a true American.
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It’s got to do with putting yourself in other people’s shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.
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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.
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I tend to think you’re fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.
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I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
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I don’t get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can’t help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.
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But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn’t mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go from 121 right back up to 180, which is way too fast obviously. And that resulted in some doctors visits to get things sorted out.
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