Christian Bale movie quotes

“- Curt Wild: We set out to change the world... ended up just changing ourselves.
- Arthur Stuart: What's wrong with that?
- Curt Wild: Nothing, if you don't look at the world.”
Ewan McGregor - Curt Wild
Christian Bale - Arthur Stuart

“We both had half of a full life, which was somehow enough for us. But not for them.”
Christian Bale - Alfred Borden

“There's a lot of people out there, and they ain't just gonna go away. They got voices now and they're goin' to be listened to. Putting them in jail is not going to stop them. That's the power of the press, Joe. So thanks for teaching me about it.”
Christian Bale - Jack Kelly

“- Jim: Bastard! He gave me a mango!
- Basie: I'll give you a whole goddamn fruit salad. There are Frigidaires falling from the sky. It's kingdom come!
- Jim: He was my friend!
- Basie: He was a Jap!
- Jim: The war's over!”

Christian Bale - Jim
John Malkovich - Basie

“- Joseph Pulitzer: Know what I was doing at your age, boy? I was in a war. The Civil War.
- Jack Kelly: Yeah, I heard of it. So, did you win?
- Joseph Pulitzer: People think war is about right or wrong and not power.
- Jack Kelly: Yeah, I heard of that too. I don't just sell your papes, Joe. Sometime I read 'em.”
Robert Duvall - Joseph Pulitzer
Christian Bale - Jack Kelly

“- Melvin Purvis: Goodbye, Mr. Dillinger.
- John Dillinger: I'll see you down the road.
- Melvin Purvis: No, you will not. The only way that you will leave a jail cell is when we take you out to execute you.
- John Dillinger: Well, we'll see about that.”
Christian Bale - Melvin Purvis
Johnny Depp - John Dillinger

“It's impossible in this world we live in to empathize with others, we can always empathize with ourselves.”
Christian Bale - Patrick Bateman

“- Olivia Wenscombe: I'm here to give your show what's still missing.
- Alfred Borden: Yeah? What might that be?
- Olivia Wenscombe: Me.”
Scarlett Johansson - Olivia Wenscombe
Christian Bale - Alfred Borden

“- John Preston: I'm sorry.
- Partridge: No, you're not. You don't even know the meaning. It's just a vestigial word for a feeling you've never felt.”
Christian Bale - John Preston
Sean Bean - Partridge

“- Ducard: You have learned to bury your guilt with anger. I will teach you to confront it, and to face the truth. You know how to fight six men. We can teach you how to engage six hundred. You know how to disappear. We can teach you to become truly invisible.
- Bruce Wayne: Invisible?
- Henri Ducard: A Ninja understands that invisibility is a...” (continue)(continue reading)
Liam Neeson - Ducard
Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne

“- David Jacobs: You're a liar! You lied about everything. You lied about your father being out west, 'cause he's not out west! You didn't even tell me your real name!
- Jack Kelly: So? What you wanna do about it Dave?
- David Jacobs: I don't understand you.
- Jack Kelly: Oh, so let me spell it out for ya. You see, I ain't got nobody tucking me...” (continue)(continue reading)
David Moscow - David Jacobs
Christian Bale - Jack Kelly

“- Ducard: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share.
- Bruce Wayne: That's why it's so important. It separates us from them.”
Liam Neeson - Ducard
Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne

“When I get to Paul Allen's place, I use the keys I took from his pocket. There is a moment of sheer panic when I realize that Paul's apartment overlooks the park and is obviously more expensive than mine.”
Christian Bale - Patrick Bateman

“- Jack Kelly: You only took 20 papes; why?
- David Jacobs: It's a bad headline.
- Jack Kelly: Well, that's the first thing you gotta learn, headlines don't sell papers. Newsies sell papers.”
Christian Bale - Jack Kelly
David Moscow - David Jacobs

“Simple maybe, but not easy.”
Christian Bale - Alfred Borden

“I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.”
Christian Bale - Patrick Bateman

“- Jim: We'll have to leave the camp.
- Basie: That's the idea, Jim. First one side feeds you and the other side tries to get you killed, then it's turned around; it's all timing.”
Christian Bale - Jim
John Malkovich - Basie

“- Joseph Pulitzer: Anyone who doesn't act in their own self interest is a fool.
- David Jacobs: Then what does that make you?
- Joseph Pulitzer: What?
- Jack Kelly: Oh, this is my pal, Davey. The Walkin' Mouth.
- David Jacobs: You talk about self-interest, but since the strike, your circulation's been down 70%.”
Robert Duvall - Joseph Pulitzer
David Moscow - David Jacobs
Christian Bale - Jack Kelly

“Not the face! You bitch! Not the fucking face, you piece of bitch trash!”

Christian Bale - Patrick Bateman

“- Ducard: A vigilante is just a man lost in the scramble for his own gratification. He can be destroyed, or locked up. But if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, and if they can't stop you, then you become something else entirely.
- Bruce Wayne: Which is?
- Ducard: Legend, Mr. Wayne.”
Liam Neeson - Ducard
Christian Bale - Bruce Wayne

“I don't know how to describe my feelings. It's as if I have been waiting a hundred years to hear from you, waiting a hundred years for you to return. Once, my heart was overflowing with love for you, but now all I feel is emptiness. And I think it was all just a pretense, that I never loved you at all.”

Christian Bale - Mandras

“- Basie: Jim, didn't I teach you anything?
- Jim: Yes! You taught me that people will do anything... for a potato.”
John Malkovich - Basie
Christian Bale - Jim

“- David Jacobs: Jack, I was only joking. We can't go on strike, we don't have a union.
- Jack Kelly: But, if we go on strike, then we are a union, right?
- David Jacobs: No! We're just a bunch of angry kids with no money.”
David Moscow - David Jacobs
Christian Bale - Jack Kelly

“I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?”
Christian Bale - Patrick Bateman

“I saw it! I saw it! It was like a white light in the sky.”

Christian Bale - Jim