CHRISTIAN BALE

Enneagram Type 3 (The Achiever) with a 4 Wing


Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Christian Bale quotes that show he is a Type 3

  • "Whatever you do, do it completely. Don't do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would."

  • "If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow."

  • "What the hell kind of actor would I be if I were satisfied?"

  • "I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe."

  • "I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that" (this quote is also indicative of his 4 Wing).

  • I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters” (this quote is also indicative of his 4 Wing).

  • “Be the best at whatever you do, or don’t bother doing it at all.”

  • “It’s not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.” 

  • “We’re all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.”