If something's true and sincere, it happens regardless of marketing. The more I talk about it, the more I'm telling people how they should react. And that is an asshole. Christian Bale More Quotes by Christian Bale More Quotes From Christian Bale I don't ever really sit back and look at roles I've taken and look at any similarities. Christian Bale similarity taken I never applied to any acting schools. I don't know if that's just bad reporting, or - sometimes I just make stuff up. Christian Bale acting sometimes school I don't like filmmakers to tell people how they should react to their movies. I absolutely have favorites, and I have others that I'm mortified by, but I keep that to myself. I think I've managed to find some very interesting things that I've been very satisfied with recently. I don't know if that's gonna keep going. Christian Bale people interesting thinking Planning a career, I always find that such a tricky thing, because I don't have much of a plan, really. Christian Bale tricky planning careers Everyone always tells you that you're the only one that can do this or that role right, and if you say no, they go to somebody else and tell them that they're the only one that can do it right. But when they're talking to you, you're always the 'Best Actor of Your Generation.' Christian Bale generations actors talking 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 should-have men father I'm not really into musicals. Christian Bale My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring. Christian Bale boring influence dad I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh - I'm English. Christian Bale welsh wales born In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We're in love with each other beyond belief. Christian Bale wife everyday belief I started my career without fans. Christian Bale fans careers I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things. Christian Bale politician too-much actors I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous. Christian Bale world-famous dentistry world What I like about it is that I'm not somebody who's in movies. I'm a guy who's not very good going around the track with a bunch of guys who are a hell of a lot better. Christian Bale hell track guy The blue collar milieu was something that I really understood and resonated with me and I thought was underrepresented in American cinema. Christian Bale collars cinema blue 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. Christian Bale cameras differences world 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. Christian Bale makeup jobs thinking I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors can plan more than I'm able to. Christian Bale able successful thinking I think the harder the shoot, the more I feel like I'm enjoying myself. Christian Bale harder enjoy thinking Basically, it's somebody who got stuck having to interview me who really wants to be a novelist, so they're writing these novellas and I was like, "It's not true, that didn't happen, they just made all that up! Why don't they just go ahead and be a novelist instead of bothering with interviewing me?" Christian Bale novelists want writing
