216 Quotes by Christian Bale

There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it is. And we reveal ourselves when we act, very often without noticing. But if I can manage to do a character without showing anything of myself, then that's the ultimate goal for me. No leakage.

There have been many times when you spend a number of months and the finished product is not what you wanted to see. And 'Batman Begins' was what I wanted to see.

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.

I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around.

We both said we were sick of seeing movies where the fights are clean and tidy, so we made it messy, ... a welt on my forehead that made me look like the Elephant Man for a couple of days.

But after having done American Psycho and Shaft, I found it a breath of fresh air to play somebody who's completely human in terms of his emotions.

Bateman becoming an icon made me resentful. It will be on my tombstone that I created that character. And I resented that character haunting me.

What I love about my wife is that she's a really strong-minded, stubborn, fiery woman. I find that sexier than anything else.

My method can be nothing, or the most intense, bizarre preparations you've ever seen.