Quotes by Christian Bale

"I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for."

"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."

"I put on weight like Santa Claus. I just get this belly that kind of extends out."

"Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have."

"I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job."

"An actor should never be larger than the film he's in."

"I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it."

"I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention."

"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."

"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."

"I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical."

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

"No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?"

"The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure."

"All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You've said that you will commit to this part, and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can."