--- title: Christian Bale Says White Men Shouldn't Run Everything description: When it comes to Hollywood and the world at large, Christian Bale says it would probably be better if white men weren't running everything. canonical: https://time.com/5073981/christian-bale-hollywood-white-men-sexual-harassment-hollywood/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-20T18:12:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:24.736Z og:title: Christian Bale Says White Dudes Shouldn't Run Everything og:description: "We’re going to get so much more interesting stories being told" og:url: https://time.com/5073981/christian-bale-hollywood-white-men-sexual-harassment-hollywood/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b12a36807763e6a/6988f5fc656a3f11f8bd2ef0/christian-bale-white-men-hollywood-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures' "Hostiles" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Christian Bale Says White Dudes Shouldn't Run Everything twitter:description: "We’re going to get so much more interesting stories being told" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b12a36807763e6a/6988f5fc656a3f11f8bd2ef0/christian-bale-white-men-hollywood-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Christian Bale Says Culture Will Better When It's Not All 'White Dudes Who Are Running Things' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - DECEMBER 14: Actor Christian Bale and his wife Sibi Blazic arrive at the premiere of Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures' "Hostiles" at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 14, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) Frazer Harrison—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 20, 2017 6:12 PM UTC With conversations about [power dynamics](http://time.com/4987390/me-too-shows-pervasive-sexual-abuse/) swirling in [Hollywood](http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/) and the world at large, [Christian Bale](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/07/11/the-evolution-of-christian-bale/slide/more-lists/) says that “culture will be richer” when it’s not just white men who are the majority of power players. During a panel with _AOL Build_ to discuss his new film _Hostiles_, Bale sounded off on how a more inclusive entertainment industry and world can benefit everyone, not just men when it comes to the narratives and viewpoints. “Our culture will be so much richer the day that we stop saying, ‘Hey, it’s all white dudes who are running things,’” Bale said. “Whether that be Hollywood, whether that be Washington, you know. We’re going to get, in Hollywood, so much better films and so much more interesting stories being told and America will become the America that the rest of the world sees it as, that makes it unique.” The British actor added that he’s always viewed the U.S. as a “country of inclusion,” going so far as to say that’s why he chose to make a life and raise his family here. “It’s the reason why I moved here,” he said. “It’s the reason why my kids have American accents.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5073981/christian-bale-hollywood-white-men-sexual-harassment-hollywood/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5073981/christian-bale-hollywood-white-men-sexual-harassment-hollywood/"},"headline":"Christian Bale Says Culture Will Better When It's Not All 'White Dudes Who Are Running Things'","datePublished":"2017-12-20T18:12:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:24.736Z","description":"\"We’re going to get so much better films and so much more interesting stories being told\"","url":"https://time.com/5073981/christian-bale-hollywood-white-men-sexual-harassment-hollywood/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Hollywood","sexual harassment","Christian Bale"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b12a36807763e6a/6988f5fc656a3f11f8bd2ef0/christian-bale-white-men-hollywood-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b12a36807763e6a/6988f5fc656a3f11f8bd2ef0/christian-bale-white-men-hollywood-sexual-assault.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures' \"Hostiles\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures' \"Hostiles\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Frazer Harrison—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5073981/christian-bale-hollywood-white-men-sexual-harassment-hollywood/","name":"Christian Bale Says Culture Will Better When It's Not All 'White Dudes Who Are Running Things'"}}]}] ```