Oscars 2014 | Christian Bale Interview: Being Fat, Bald and Inspired in 'American Hustle' 

Aquarius...:)

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by far. they shouldn't even be compared

Viggo Mortenson beats both of them.

Bale FTW!

Lol same

How did this thought come to your mind? You made me think😅

I prefere your cousin JOHN PRESTON

He's brilliant.

+Maike Lehfeld EXTREMELY ;D

Frank Sanchez *extremely dedicated

Or maybe Gary Oldman

+Will Lancett Welsh

Born in Wales but his mother and father are English, to be pedantic. He considers himself English i've read before. To be fair, if you are born in Britain, you are probably a mixture of different heritage from over the years. I know i am anyway. :)

he doesn't do much on the Internet, he has two tweets, one is "Hello world" the other is "Sorry guys, I'm not very into twitter very much"

+transparent91 You might like to check out his DP/30 Out Of The Furnace interview for further insight. :)

He isn't English. He is Welsh

joel roberts Christian Bale would disagree with you in a 2008 interview: "I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh - I'm English". He has English parents too. Contrary to popular belief, when living within the United Kingdom, places like Wales and Scotland aren't really treated like separate "countries" as much as you'd expect. Given the small landmass, England and Scotland is usually only a few hours away, and the monetary system, the television networks and a lot of the culture is largely shared. Having said that, he's lived in L.A. since 1992 (over 20 years), and has apparently been after getting his U.S. Citizenship, so pretty soon he'll likely be more American than anything else at this point.

Benjamoose There is very much a defined line between 'English', 'Welsh', and 'Scottish'. Someone who is Welsh won't call themselves English, because it's still a different country. The collective term is British, and a Welsh person will call themselves Welsh or British. But not English. The countries of the UK aren't considered as separate as say, England and Spain are, because you don't need a passport to travel between and they are generally quite integrated, using the same government and having the same monarch, but they are very much still separate. In fact, Scotland are currently attempting to leave the United Kingdom. Bale is English because he was only born in Wales, but spent much of his childhood in the south of England.

As a British-American (born and raised in England), I'm aware of this. While people will proudly say "I'm Welsh not English!" and so forth my point was to explain exactly what you stated when you typed; "The countries of the UK aren't considered as separate as say, England and Spain are..." Bale is English because he has English parents and is generally English, he just happened to be born in Wales. My entire point was literally that of the individuals "countries" (which if you want to get technical they're not countries at all) are no where near as foreign to one another as people from outside the UK tend to think. Regardless thanks for adding more information for those people.

Sorry, I read your point as you saying that the countries were essentially all intertwined to the extreme that people from Wales don't really see a difference between being called Welsh or English, and 'English' is just an umbrella term for the citizens of the countries of Britain. Scotland technically is its own country, as it was an independent country until it signed a union to be part of the UK. In fact, Scotland is currently holding a referendum to break free from the UK completely and be a completely independent country. And Wales consider themselves a country in their own right, due to having their own government etc.

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Abe Grimm Not that there's an amazing story to tell (yet) but how fantastic would a Muse biopic be with Bale as Bellamy! Two of my favourite things ever.

+lovenativemaricanmen There are countless English accents and dialects, you move 10km in any direction in that country and you need to learn new slang and pronunciation. Compare the Beatles to Daphne from Frasier or Michael Caine, or god forbid Sean Bean...

3:56 sorry

he's English

+Gethin Topps he's expressed frequently that he is english and not welsh even though he was born there..

i'd be annoyed too. having to speak to us lesser mortals

He's English...

its a decent movie but I found it very confusing, but Bale is awesome in it

MissMangoMovies It's not "him being method". Accents are not that simple in general and switching from one to another is not that simple, either. Might be easy for some, not for everyone. Might be easier for those who have had some training for it, he hasn't - he's not a formally trained actor.

+MissMangoMovies He has a strong Welsh accent, it won't come out unless he's either in private or playing a Welsh character.

+Tuulia Moors yeah, that's true, but it's well known the Christian Bale is a method actor.

Rob Fraser Why would he have a Welsh accent? His parents weren't Welsh. He didn't grow up in Wales and never lived there later on, either. He just happened to be born there, which is not the way anyone acquires a particular accent. :)

MissMangoMovies It's not so much "well known" but rather something that gets repeated a lot, which doesn't make it a fact. He has said he isn't and some people who have worked with say he isn't. The term is used in various ways as well, which complicates matters. Method acting is a name to a certain acting technique taught in drama schools, and he doesn't do that, nor did he go to drama school. The term is also used more casually to mean all sorts of things, apparently, associated with immersive acting - which he does. But he doesn't, for instance, stay in character outside of filming etc. (It's pretty obvious when you see comments about him from people who have worked with him.) And his various accents outside of filming are simply a result of keeping the accent (if still working on a film) or being in the process of learning or shedding an accent. He says he isn't good enough to turn an accent on and off like a lamp. Naturally, over time, his accent has changed anyway, which is a normal process for people living for a long time elsewhere than where they're from.

nope, English

He does American accents in most of his films and in some interviews as well, so he doesn't confuse people.

Oh,thanks for the heads up!

Lolz

No?

***** He doesn't do it so he doesn't confuse anyone, he puts on the accent of whatever his next role requires.