Christian Bale

'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. ↗

— Christian Bale

#actually #again #batman #before #by the time

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

— Christian Bale

#certainly #dark #go #i #intentionally

Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing. ↗

— Christian Bale

#go #going #i #i can #imagination

How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun. ↗

— Christian Bale

#cool #fun #how #movie #robots

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. ↗

— Christian Bale

#enjoy #i #i do #insanity #like

I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters. ↗

— Christian Bale

#characters #i #preferences

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

— Christian Bale

#answers #experiences #how #i #life

I don't think I'm like any of the characters I've played - they're all really far from who I am. ↗

— Christian Bale

#any #characters #far #i #i am

I have a fear of being boring. ↗

— Christian Bale

#boring #fear #i

I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living. ↗

— Christian Bale

#become #depending #end #i #life