Bale's Quote (3)

「演員的光彩不該蓋過他所參與的電影作品本身。」
[1996 三月在 "Spin" 雜誌的專訪]

"An actor should never be larger than the film he's in."
[interview in "Spin" magazine, March 1996]

（這是我最喜歡的 Quote。針對於票房創新高的 TDK，他也只是淡淡地說「電影會賣得好都是導演的功勞」每個導演都說他是一個專注且認真的演員，他知道自己身為演員該完成的是哪些工作。他從沒搞砸任何一部作品，不管是要他演殺人狂或者是失志的跛腳父親。因為他只是一個「演員」，不是「明星」或者是「名人」。）

（Photoed by : Daniel Chavkin）

「我很喜歡拍電影，可是在我回到在 Bournemount 的家後，那些注目的眼光真的嚇壞我了。女生們都在看著我，而男生們只想找我打架，甚至有人要我舉辦場地方宴會。我唯一想做的事不過就騎著我的越野腳踏車到林中漫步。我跟爸媽說，我再也不想拍任何的電影了，眾人的注目毀了拍電影的樂趣。」
[在 "Empire of the Sun" (1987) 瞬間成名後 ]

"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."
[on the sudden fame that resulted after Empire of the Sun (1987)]

我的天！年輕的時候有沒有太美少年？
別說選角多樣，照片的他亦難以預測。
1994 年宣傳 "Little Women"時拍雜誌 "Seventeen"
（Photoed by : Jeffrey Thurnher）

「我寧可一邊工作一邊維持我的神秘感，可是另外一方面我卻希望有人會因為我而去看我所參與的電影。我認為只要不斷地選擇不同類型的角色，便可成為難以預測的演員。」

"I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in and get a higher profile because of that. I like to think that as long as you continue choosing diverse roles, you can avoid becoming predictable."