Christian Bale
What: Last year, Bale chewed out an assistant director who walked into his line of sight during filming for the movie “Terminator Salvation.” The recording surfaced this week.
Profanity count: 39
Rage level (scale of 1-10): 9
Money quote: “Do you want me to go [bleeping] trash your lights? DO YOU WANT ME TO [BLEEPING] TRASH ‘EM?”
Mid-rant digression: “You’re a nice guy. YOU’RE A NICE GUY!”
Bill O’Reilly
What: Back when he was a humble anchor on “Inside Edition” in the early 1990s, O’Reilly had problems with a teleprompter, prompting a freakout that’s become a YouTube sensation.
Profanity count: 2
Rage level: 9
Money quote: “We’ll do it live! [expletive] it!”
Mid-rant digression: “We’ll leave you with Sting and a cut off his new album!”
Lee Elia
What: On April 29, 1983, after a loss to the Dodgers, Cubs manager Lee Elia met with reporters. After one said: “Tough way to lose a game, huh?” Elia began his diatribe, in particular berating fans.
Profanity count: 61
Rage level : 8
Money quote: “Eighty-five percent of the [bleeping] world is working; the other 15 come out here.”
Mid-rant digression: “It will flow. The talent’s there.”
Chris Berman
What: In 2000, the ESPN host became furious about people walking back and forth on the set of “Monday Night Football.”
Profanity count: 5
Rage level: 5
Money quote: “Why does everyone all of a sudden have to move? They’ve got two [expletive] hours to move. Wait 10 minutes!”
Mid-rant digression: “Sorry to explode, but it’s like no one’s ever worked on TV here before?”
Alec Baldwin
What: On a voice mail leaked in 2007 by his estranged ex-wife, Kim Basinger, the “30 Rock” star can be heard scolding his daughter, Ireland.
Profanity count: 7
Rage level: 7
Money quote: “You are a rude, thoughtless little pig, OK?”
Mid-rant digression: “When the time comes for me to make the phone call, I stop whatever I’m doing, and I go and I make that phone call.”
Director David O. Russell vs. Lily Tomlin
What: Russell, who previously came to blows with George Clooney on the set of “Three Kings,” threw an absolute fit — knocking over props, throwing papers off a desk — in a disagreement with Tomlin during an office sequence on the set of “I Heart Huckabees.”
Profanity count:
Tomlin: 5, Russell: 23
Rage level: Tomlin: 6, Russell: 10
Money quote:
Tomlin: “Don’t get me started. I’m not as brilliant as you, I can’t keep up with you…”
Russell: “Act like a grown-up. You’re not a baby.”
Mid-rant digression:
Tomlin: “Why don’t you [bleep] your whole [bleeping] movie, because that’s what you’re doing.”
Russell: “I’m not here to be yelled at.”
Watch the Russell-Tomlin rant at chicagotribune.com/huckabees
