Quotes By Christian Bale

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.

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.

I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.

All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.

In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We're in love with each other beyond belief.

'3:10 to Yuma' was one that I just kept on talking and thinking about after reading it. And I think the reason is because, like in most Westerns, you have the very clear-cut bad-guy/good-guy, however, as the movie progresses, you kind of see that it's a very fine line that divides these two.

There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances, would be absolutely unbelievable things to really say, and you would look at these people like they're freaks for conversing that way. But somehow for certain styles of movies, it works, and it seems fine.

I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.

I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.

The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.

I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things.