Christian Bale Quotes

I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.

Christian Bale

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: January 30, 1974

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There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.

Jenny Nimmo

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An Episcopalian military institution when it was founded near the turn of the century, Harvard for years had an implicit quota system that effectively limited the number of Jewish admissions.

John Gregory Dunne

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I consider the voice a gift from the heavens, and as all the gifts from the heavens, they must be used, but the minute that the heavens call it back then of course I will stop.

Andrea Bocelli

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I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before.

Mel Gibson

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If anything I was probably loved and praised too much as a child. I think that's why I can't accept any compliments.

Max Winkler

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Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they?

John Malkovich

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Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.

Marvin Olasky

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Criticism is, for me, like essay writing, a wonderful way of relaxation; it doesn't require a heightened and mediated voice, like prose fiction, but rather a calm, rational, even conversational voice.

Joyce Carol Oates

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Truthfully, the process of making 22 episodes of television a year is not very pleasant.

Joshua Jackson

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My father was in the First World War.

Doris Lessing

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Life is too short to not have oysters and champagne sometimes.

Christie Brinkley

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I'm the keeper of the flame for Whitney Houston. She was the greatest... and I don't want the world to forget that.

Clive Davis

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