I went backwards and forwards over it until I was 22. And then in the past few years I began to say to myself, OK, look, I'm not messing around. This is something I want to attack, instead of thinking, I'll just see what happens with it.
Christian BaleThe blue collar milieu was something that I really understood and resonated with me and I thought was underrepresented in American cinema.
Christian BaleAfter the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.
Christian BaleI 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