Bale Apologizes -- "I Acted Like a Punk"

196. I am a sucker for someone who says that they are sorry. Things can get crazy when people are under pressure or a lack of sleep which is pretty normal in some careers. I'm giving you a pass this time Bale, but wathc you A#$ and calm the F*%k down!

PS... I just wanted to speak to him in his own language.

Posted at 12:40PM on Feb 9th 2009 by Will

197. Bale was totally, TOTALLY out of line. I couldn't have picked him out of a lineup before, but from now on I will pay attention and make sure I don't pay money to see him act. What an over-inflated, self-important, arrogant jerk.

Posted at 2:10PM on Feb 9th 2009 by erica

198. chris brown! chris brown!chris brown! you throw up on Christian Bale while Chris Brown & others beat her girlfriend or someone meeting in club! CB is a great actor and not perfect! none is perfect!

Posted at 4:31PM on Feb 9th 2009 by rendez-vous

199. Seriously who are we to judge. This was a private matter that happend while at work and should've never been released. They guys is human and is entitled to mistakes. He's apologized to the guy and that should be the end of it!

Posted at 5:40PM on Feb 9th 2009 by MEG

200. So true. I could tell his apology was genuine. Isn't everyone allowed their freak out moments? Why should we judge someone for letting their emotions take over. I'm sure that none of the people who are judging him can say you've never blown up before and regretted it later.He's human too isn't he? Isn't he entitled to making mistakes too? Or does he always have to be perfect because he's in movies. It takes a big person to apologize, but it also takes a big person to accept an apology. Christian has already done his part, now it's our turn. Everyone should give him a break, let him have his bad days, and leave it alone at that.

Posted at 11:47PM on Feb 9th 2009 by Jenna

201. Wow man I love Bale.We don't know what really happened but seeing as it happened more than once.I'm not saying the guy deserved it but how many scenes can you walk in on.I mean cmon

Posted at 1:08AM on Feb 10th 2009 by Dudley

202. Give him a break. Christian is human just like anyone else. He admits his mistakes whole heartedly and I feel him to be sencere. There is a tremendous amount of stress on a set and emotions can get the best of you. I still support him and will continue to see his movies.....

Posted at 11:06AM on Feb 10th 2009 by Rolane

203. "oh my god, i always liked him but no for me he is dead. those famous actors think they are the whole movie, but the techs are much more important!!"
how stup.d can someone be? the tech f. it up. that´s it. this is no kindergarten. this is a multimillion dollar project. no space for f. up. if he wants to mess around and play he can shoot f. homevideos.
"politicians who think they´re something better don´t have the right to go crazy on the people who clean their toilets, just because they sold crack to little children. they are important to society!!!"
damn stup.d.
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"that apologizes on radio shows whats important to him. the listeners, not the guy he offended"
you think you know what he talked with the guy afterwards?

Posted at 5:25PM on Feb 10th 2009 by sumthing

204. "oh my god, i always liked him but no for me he is dead. those famous actors think they are the whole movie, but the techs are much more important!!"
how stup.d can someone be? the tech f. it up. that´s it. this is no kindergarten. this is a multimillion dollar project. no space for f. up. if he wants to mess around and play he can shoot f. homevideos.
"politicians who think they´re something better don´t have the right to go crazy on the people who clean their toilets, just because they sold crack to little children. they are important to society!!!"
damn stup.d.
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"that apologizes on radio shows whats important to him. the listeners, not the guy he offended"
you think you know what he talked with the guy afterwards?
sure it wasn´t nice, but he overreacted and apologized. to mark him an a-hole and start sympathize with all the oppressed people can´t be that clever.

Posted at 7:25AM on Feb 12th 2009 by sumthing

205. And Mr. Bale complains about a lack of professionalism? He barely understand the meaning of the word and I doubt can spell it. HIs behavior was not 'punk'. It was something out of a drunken early-morning street scene in a State Street bar. He launches into a physhotic rant on a cinematographer and for some reason the man stands there and takes it? He tells the director of the picture to shut up and he's still on the set. And woriking? Bale has a degree of talent, but he is no Deniro. Or even a Brando. His 'performance in Dark Knight was stiff to the point of wooden, his 'acting' straight out of the Steven Seagal and Keanu reeves school, permitting only three facial expressions per picture. This is normal for him. Like so many 'big-namers', he's been listening to his own P.R. and now needs a lift-truck to haul around his ego. Adam West did it better, and he didn't need body armor to do it. At least then they got the costume right. Why Bale is touted as God's gift to the cinematic arts is beyond me. Why a director would stand there sucking his thumb while his 'A' list so-called actor tears one of his staff a new one also is beyond me. If he'd tried a stunt like this with Ford, or Coppola, or Scorcese - or one of the old-timers like Vidor - 'A' list of no, he'd have been sitting in his trailer. Why they didn't find a competant actor, with actual proven talent - even another loose cannon like Russel Crowe, who's very adept with words and telephones - is also beyond my ken. There is a rumor that the D.C. leaked this tape. I hope so. what he should have done was walk off while Bale was searching for new and original expletives and file immediate grievances with both Sag and his own union. And our director, who is completely lacking in the most basic elements of his profession - the ability to control his set. Yes, the D.C. made a mistake. Unlike Bale, he is not God on Earth. People make mistakes. And this is just a sci-fi sequel of a sequel of a sequal, of a reasonably good film with huge hooles in the plot, not Citizen Kane or Gone With The Wind. In twenty years, it might get a mention in a film anthology, but no-one will be hoarding prints like gold. Or even remember Bale as anything more than an immature, petulant, spoiled child with the emotional control of a teo year old and the talent of a ham and cheese on rye. He might consider acting classes. Or thorazine. He needs it.

Posted at 12:45PM on Feb 12th 2009 by D. J. Horak

206. We are all human, but as mad as I can get with someone, there is a level of professionalism that Bale lost. This is unacceptable behavior on a set, talent gets away with it strictly because the public demands to see these people and the studios and producers do everything they can to keep them in the picture.

On the split side of all this, I feel this falls onto the director's shoulders. As a director it is your job to stay with the talent and guide your DP on occasion. The director should have had a handle on his DP, his set and his talent. Bale said he'd done it once before so the director should have seen this. This is a breakdown on set on several levels. The DP, the talent, and the director.

Posted at 8:10PM on Feb 16th 2009 by Michael in S.F.

207. OK, he went off. Some people just need to be gone off on if they keep making the same mistake over and over again. By that guy ruining the shot he not only affected the actors, but he also affected the rest of the crew, the studio, etc. by costing them money.

If it was such a big deal it would have taken longer than 8 months for this to get out.

As for Bale, I would say his passion got the better of him.

I enjoy his movies, and am looking forward to this movie.

Posted at 2:48PM on Feb 17th 2009 by Strensk

208. People, please....... he's human and not perfect. Who never "acted like a punk" ???

Posted at 4:22PM on Feb 17th 2009 by Adriana

209. What a douchebag! Christian Bale, Douchebag, DFL. It's a temper tantrum. Sorry bee-yotch, you cry like a baby. What a pussy.

Posted at 12:10PM on Feb 24th 2009 by Ray

210. i don't think this was an apology

Posted at 1:03PM on Mar 15th 2009 by alice