I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
CHRISTIAN BALEI’m English. Our dentistry is not world famous. But I made sure I got moldings of my old teeth beforehand because I miss them.
More Christian Bale Quotes
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I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe.
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An actor should never be larger than the film he’s in.
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I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.
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Sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people have got to have their faith rewarded.
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After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.
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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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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 somebody who can grow you some nice crops.
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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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But I learned that there’s a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there’s not much else that can really get to ya.
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Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
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It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.
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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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I don’t think I’m like any of the characters I’ve played. They’re all really far from who I am.
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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.
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I have a fear of being boring.
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