Christian Bale has apologized for his verbal attack on crew member Shane Hurlbut while on the set of Terminator: Salvation.

The actor went into a rage after Hurburt distracted him while filming a scene. His rant was secretly taped by someone who later leaked it onto the internet, causing an uproar.

Bale decided he should probably apologize, so he called in to L.A.’s KROQ and did just that.

He admitted he “acted like a punk,” and said his tirade was “out of order beyond belief. I make no excuses for it.”

“The thing that disturbs me so much is that I’ve heard a lot of people saying that I seem to think that I’m better than anybody else. Nothing could be further from the truth. I am a very lucky and that is why I put so much into what I do, and why I care so much about it and why sometimes my enthusiasm just goes awry.”

Bale explained how he was “trying to convey” his character’s “madness” at the moment he got distracted. He said when he lost his temper that he was still mentally in character.

“I completely mixed up fact and fiction, I’m half John Connor, I’m half Christian there.”

The Batman actor went on to say that he would never have gotten Hurlbut fired, he was merely talking trash. He adds that the two have since reconciled and are on good terms.

He said, “I’ve not only talked with him, we have resolved this completely. That very day we kept working for a number of hours. And we worked together for at least a month after that. There is no problem whatsoever.”