Christian Bale Quotes & Sayings

“But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.”

“If everyone really knew what a jerk I am in real life, I wouldn't be so adored in the slightest.”

“Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.”

“I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.”

“I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.”

“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.”

“It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.”

“I have a fear of being boring.”

“A teenager usually wants to try to get people to notice him in some way, to feel like someone gives a damn. Me, all that attention, I just wanted to fade into the background. Be invisible. Disappear.”

“It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.”