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I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that. ↗

— Christian Bale

#done #experiences #feel #had #having

In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We're in love with each other beyond belief. ↗

— Christian Bale

#beyond #each #everyday #everyday life #life

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#every #every man #fall #gorgeous #his

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. ↗

— Christian Bale

#come #comes #empathy #far #got

Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly. ↗

— Christian Bale

#absolutely #cliche #could #dad #daughter

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

#between #character #complete #consumerism #difference

Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops. ↗

— Christian Bale

#crops #grow #i #i can #i do

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor. ↗

— Christian Bale

#actor #because #confident #director #everything

The interesting thing about a movie is the movie. ↗

— Christian Bale

#interesting #interesting thing #movie #thing

There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances, would be absolutely unbelievable things to really say, and you would look at these people like they're freaks for conversing that way. But somehow for certain styles of movies, it works, and it seems fine. ↗

— Christian Bale

#acting #certain #circumstances #conversing #fantasy