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Q & A: How Willimon Runs Fincher's 'House ...Celeb Watch: The Fighter's "Christian Bale May Kill Someone Yet," Gyllenhaal and Hathaway Go Naked
BALE: I don't care. Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.
On his "Art":
You know, I've been doing this quite a long time. It doesn't make me feel special. But I actually love it more for the reality of how it is done, the sinew and the bone of how it's really put together.
On resisting Method acting:
BALE: I'm not on a couch having therapy. And it's very limiting if I have to be able to relate every damn thing in somebody else's life to something that's happened in mine. At the end of the day, I'm faking it. Pure imagination, and it's only phony if you don't go far enough with it. You can become obsessive and it can get to the point where you're almost losing yourself. You've become a vessel. And holy shit, things start happening. And I'm hating the way I'm sounding right now, because I sound like a tosser, but that's my secret ambition.
On being a non-self-centered actor:
BALE: It's the opposite of self! It's actually saying, "I don't stand a chance being myself. I've gotta create somebody else in order to communicate. If I remove myself from all of my own memories and inhibitions and create another character — holy shit! I can reach out and communicate in that way." So to me, it's actually about trying to fucking destroy the self, and then you might be able to hit something. There's some quote, I think it's Oscar Wilde, "An artist puts nothing of himself into his art."
On why he chose the unnamed Los Angeles 5-star hotel for the interview:
BALE: 'Cause it has nothing to do with my life. I never come here, ever. It's as far removed from any place that I would ever go to. And that's exactly why I chose it. 'Cause it has nothing to do with me.
What's better than a picture of two naked celebrities on the cover of Entertainment Magazine? Three, apparently.
3 Comments
ts | November 19, 2010 6:16 AM
Mary, I truly hope we have more adult feature films. I am beyond tired of the hideous Twilight films, lousy comic book movies, and those big tentpole films with a lack of intelligence.
mary | November 18, 2010 8:34 AM
Is "Love & Other Drugs" tracking well?
If "Love & Other Drugs" does well at box office, I suspect that more adult-driven sexual movies (with nude scenes) will get made.
RR | November 18, 2010 8:09 AM
It's a typical Bale interview. The only difference being that the interviewer challenges him on some of his answers (answers he has given-almost word for word-in dozens of previous interviews). No one will even remember this interview by the time The Fighter releases, let alone when Oscar voting comes around.