216 Quotes by Christian Bale

Any planning that I have in my career is totally accidental really.

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.

It's a wonderful thing when your trainer is actually the person you're playing.

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.

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

You’ll hunt me. You’ll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that’s what needs to happen. Because sometimes truth isn’t good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.

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.

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.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.