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Christian Bale Quote: “There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.”

51. “There’s nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.”

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Christian Bale Quote: “I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.”

52. “I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I’ve never been ambitious.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “It’s a wonderful thing when your trainer is actually the person you’re playing.”

53. “It’s a wonderful thing when your trainer is actually the person you’re playing.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “When you do a lot of interviews, you find yourself telling the same stories over and over. After you do it for a whole day, you say, ‘Christ, I’ve said this five times today.’ It gets fun when you get so bored you start making it all up.”

54. “When you do a lot of interviews, you find yourself telling the same stories over and over. After you do it for a whole day, you say, ‘Christ, I’ve said this five times today.’ It gets fun when you get so bored you start making it all up.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “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.”

55. “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.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don’t rely on some bag of acting tricks I’ve amassed over the years.”

56. “I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don’t rely on some bag of acting tricks I’ve amassed over the years.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I’m not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I’ll just see what happens with it.”

57. “I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I’m not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I’ll just see what happens with it.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.”

58. “I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “Essentially, I’m untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I’m going to be playing.”

59. “Essentially, I’m untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I’m going to be playing.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “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.”

60. “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

Christian Bale Quote: “I chose to tell a personal story. When you tell a movie like this that’s as emotionally charged as this is, it’s a risk. As one of my great cinematic heroes, Francis Coppola, would say, “If you aren’t taking the highest, greatest risk, then why are you a filmmaker?””

61. “I chose to tell a personal story. When you tell a movie like this that’s as emotionally charged as this is, it’s a risk. As one of my great cinematic heroes, Francis Coppola, would say, “If you aren’t taking the highest, greatest risk, then why are you a filmmaker?””

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “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.”

62. “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.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can’t quite do it as much anymore.”

63. “In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can’t quite do it as much anymore.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “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.”

64. “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

Christian Bale Quote: “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.”

65. “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.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “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.”

66. “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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Christian Bale Quote: “I never try to guess what anyone else will take from a movie. Every movie is such a different experience for each and every person. I don’t like it when people try telling people what they should take from a movie. You should go see it with fresh eyes and see for themselves.”

67. “I never try to guess what anyone else will take from a movie. Every movie is such a different experience for each and every person. I don’t like it when people try telling people what they should take from a movie. You should go see it with fresh eyes and see for themselves.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “I’ve always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician’s work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much about an artist, it somehow lessens their ability to do their work as well.”

68. “I’ve always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician’s work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much about an artist, it somehow lessens their ability to do their work as well.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “When it comes to films, people often don’t differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the film itself. They are two separate things.”

69. “When it comes to films, people often don’t differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the film itself. They are two separate things.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “I want to be able to just act and never do any interview, but I don’t have the balls to stand up to the studio and say, “I’m never doing another interview in my life!””

70. “I want to be able to just act and never do any interview, but I don’t have the balls to stand up to the studio and say, “I’m never doing another interview in my life!””

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “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.”

71. “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.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “There are occasions when I’ve pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a firefight. Clearly it’s absolutely ridiculous, and even disrespectful, to suggest that I understand what that is.”

72. “There are occasions when I’ve pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a firefight. Clearly it’s absolutely ridiculous, and even disrespectful, to suggest that I understand what that is.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “Directors tell me I should direct because the questions I am asking are the questions that they are asking rather than the questions that they expect to come from an actor. I do get that a lot. But there’s a great difference between being able to stand there and make suggestions when it ultimately doesn’t stop at you versus when it does. I think my issue with directing would probably be that I am kind of a loner. I like being responsible for myself.”

73. “Directors tell me I should direct because the questions I am asking are the questions that they are asking rather than the questions that they expect to come from an actor. I do get that a lot. But there’s a great difference between being able to stand there and make suggestions when it ultimately doesn’t stop at you versus when it does. I think my issue with directing would probably be that I am kind of a loner. I like being responsible for myself.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “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.”

74. “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

Christian Bale Quote: “It was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.”

75. “It was a great honor to be called a mo-fo by Sam Jackson.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “Directors go their whole career without being able to tell personal stories and to work with a cast as talented as they are.”

76. “Directors go their whole career without being able to tell personal stories and to work with a cast as talented as they are.”

— Christian Bale

Christian Bale Quote: “I quite like it when you’re working with people and you only get to know them through the scenes that you’re doing together.”

77. “I quite like it when you’re working with people and you only get to know them through the scenes that you’re doing together.”

— Christian Bale

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