DP/30: Christian Bale’s unexpected early acting experience [great 30 min interview]

He made his first movie when he was 12, became a name to watch when Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun arrived when he was 13. And he’s been pushing the envelope as an actor ever since, from The Portrait of a Lady to Velvet Goldmine to American Psycho to The Machinist, Rescue Dawn, The Flowers of War, his Oscar-winning turn in The Fighter, and now in Out of the Furnace. And there was also... The Batman. In this 30 minute conversation with David Poland, he talks about his passions, his choices, and his newest