People always say, "What do you want to do next, what kind of movie do you want to … - Christian Bale

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You go through publicists because it's easy for a publicist to say to another publicist, 'No'.

Christian Bale

People always say, "What do you want to do next, what kind of movie do you want to do next?" And I say, "I wanna do whatever script that is the best one that comes my way. " I certainly would never say, "Oh, I'm gonna do a Western next," and sit around waitin' for a Western to come along when there's some other genre's brilliant script sitting right there.

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