Christian Bale Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

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

  Christian Bale

  Acting, Actors, Film

  Spin Magazine Interview, March 1996.

• I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them. I think if you're a good enough actor, that's the way to longevity in the film business. Keep everybody guessing.

  Christian Bale

  Believe, Character, Thinking

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 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.

  Christian Bale

  Character, Two, People

• My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message.

  Christian Bale

  Character, Differences, People

• If I'm not working, I really have nothing to do with it - I'm not hanging out and mixing with film people. Not that I have anything against film people; they're some of the best people around and some of the worst people around, just like in any business... they just gesticulate a little bit more.

  Christian Bale

  People, Littles, Mixing

• We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three Batman films. That's enough. Let's not get greedy. It's a torch that should be handed from one actor to another. So I enjoy looking forward to what somebody else will come up with.

  Christian Bale

  Torches, Three, Actors

  "Christian Bale won't be Batman in 'Justice League' movie" by Adam Markovitz, www.cnn.com. July 2, 2013.

• After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.

  Christian Bale

  Expectations, Firsts, Kind

  Source: collider.com

• Personally, I love going to see a film when you can really watch a character. If you've just read some article about who the actor is sleeping with, that's gonna be at the back of your mind all the time while you're watching the film.

  Christian Bale

  Character, Sleep, Mind

• '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

  Long, Trying, Months

  "Dark Star". www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2005.

• As an actor, I don't feel like it's necessary to watch a great deal of films. In fact, I think it can lead to imitation and unhealthy competition, which just isn't needed.

  Christian Bale

  Thinking, Competition, Film

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