Christian Bale Quotes

The art of acting is to pitch good. You do the pitching and hope that the other person catches the ball and does some good pitching back to you.

As an actor, I draw from myself.

For the actors, the talent is to serve the demands that I ask of them, to do it with naturality and truth, and to be honest when we were terrified.

Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.

When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.

There's no mystique to acting. It's only common sense - and a bit of courage.

One of the exciting and enjoyable aspects of acting is being in the environment with another actor.

My background is in acting, so I enjoy being able to show what I'm looking for. With acting, it's very immediate when you show someone what you're looking for, and the feedback is instantaneous as well.

Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.

There are a lot of things that make up a performance, a lot of technical things. It isn't always just about pulling it up from the darkest recesses of your mind or your heart. It's your experience and your observation.

I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me.

To be a good actor, you need to be able to emote with your body.

If you're good enough to play a role with emotion and universal human elements, then you'll get others coming to you.

When I'm acting, I do what I'm supposed to do.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

I think that acting involves doing your job so well that you are able to help the viewer identify with the character.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I'm the sort of actor who likes to talk about what we're going to do.

As an actor, you want to do the best job possible, and you want the best scripts possible because it makes life more interesting.

Sometimes I think of movie acting as advanced pretend.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.