In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe theyll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron. – Christian Bale
I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? Its wonderful, isnt it? – Christian Bale
Essentially, Im untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person Im going to be playing. – Christian Bale
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. – Christian Bale