Christian Bale Net Worth

Christian Bale's Quotes

• [interview in Spin magazine, March 1996] An actor should never be larger than the film he's in.
• [on dealing with the resulting media attention of Empire of the Sun (1987) at age 13] It was horrific. I was almost crying in interviews and running away during press conferences, pretending I was going to the bathroom and just disappearing.
• [on the sudden fame that resulted after Empire of the Sun (1987)] I enjoyed making the film, but I was shocked when I received all the attention when I got home to Bournemouth. Girls were all over me, boys wanted to fight me, and I was being asked to open local fêtes when all I wanted to do was ride my BMX bike in the woods. I told my parents I wasn't interested in doing anything again because the attention ruined it.
• I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them. I think if you're a good enough actor, that's the way to longevity in the film business. Keep everybody guessing.
• I started my career without fans.

Interesting Facts about Christian Bale

1. Hand-picked by director/writer Mary Harron and author Bret Easton Ellis to star in American Psycho (2000). Consequently, was noted by the media as the first star of American Psycho (2000), only to lose the role to Leonardo DiCaprio and then win it back again.
2. Is an excellent horseman and an avid reader.
3. He trained for 10 weeks in dancing and martial arts for the dance sequences in Newsies (1992) and Swing Kids (1993).
4. He has an uncanny ear for accents.
5. Bale was handpicked by Winona Ryder for the coveted role of Laurie (Theodore Laurence) in Little Women (1994).
6. His father, David Bale, married feminist icon Gloria Steinem on September 3, 2000.
7. A devoted animal lover, Christian has two dogs [Mojo and Ramone] and three cats [Miriam, Molly and Lilly], which are all strays that he found.
8. Christian is active in many organizations, including Ark Trust, Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Foundation, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the Redwings Sanctuary, and the Happy Child Mission, and a school for street kids in Rio De Janeiro.
9. His grandfather doubled for John Wayne in two movies, in Africa.
10. His first on-screen role was in 1983 at age 9 in a British commercial for Pac-Man cereal.
11. He replaced Leonardo DiCaprio for the film American Psycho (2000).
12. His father, David Bale, died on December 30, 2003, from brain lymphoma at age 62.
13. He was raised in England, Portugal and California.
14. His great-uncle, Rex Bale, was an actor.
15. His father was a former commercial pilot and his mother was a former circus dancer.
16. Has three sisters: musician Erin Bale; computer professional Sharon Bale; and director/actress Louise Bale, who appeared in Newsies (1992).
17. His grandfather was a stand-up comic and children's entertainer.
18. Met his wife through Winona Ryder; she was Ryder's personal assistant.
19. With Batman Begins (2005), he has become the seventh actor to play Batman/Bruce Wayne in a live-action film. The others were: Lewis Wilson in 1943, Robert Lowery in 1949, Adam West in 1966, Michael Keaton for the first two installments of the Batman film series, to be replaced by Val Kilmer and George Clooney.
20. Dropped an amazing 63 pounds for his role as the emaciated insomniac Trevor Reznik in the film The Machinist (2004) with only a single vitamin consultation with a nutritionist to guide him. For the most part, he only ate salads and apples, chewed gum, smoked cigarettes, and drank nonfat lattes.