You’re creating a different world and the actor’s job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not. – 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. – 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. – 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. – Christian Bale
In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We’re in love with each other beyond belief. – 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. – Christian Bale
I’d love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I’m in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable. – Christian Bale
I don’t personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene. – Christian Bale
I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn’t have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living. – Christian Bale
If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn’t be so adored in the slightest. – Christian Bale
