“At first, I was somewhat hesitant to do the role. I mean, after all, Batman is an icon. But I remember, as clear as day, being at the grocery store the day the movie opened, and this little boy saw me. He couldn’t have been more than five years old. He just walked right up to me and hugged me. He hugged me, and I was so moved by it that I hugged him back. Then he looked up at me and said “You’re my hero.” And in that moment, I knew that not only as an actor that I had done my job, but that I had made the right decision to play Batman. And I’ve never looked back on my the decision to play Batman since.”

Christian Bale, star of the Batman films, is in town visiting victims of the Aurora movie theater shooting, Warner Brothers officials confirmed.
“Mr. Bale is there as himself, not representing Warner Brothers,” said an assistant for Susan Fleishman, executive vice president for Warner Brothers corporate communications.
Tom Hardy gives good hugs. Also, that interviewer was so giddy after that. It was adorable!

I was looking closely at this moment and I almost died when he looked at the camera. He was all serious then, but he looked right to the camera and just smiled. Smiled at us, the unlucky ones watching the premiere at home. Loved it.

“I wanted to be Macaulay Culkin. I don’t want to be ‘known’. I’m afraid of being a ‘personality’, On a talk show, I feel I should just hold up a sign with the facts on it — and leave. It wouldn’t take more than a minute and they’d have room for the other guests.”