But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.

The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.

There have been many times when you spend a number of months and the finished product is not what you wanted to see. And 'Batman Begins' was what I wanted to see.

I'm English. Our dentistry is not world famous.

What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got to be something a little bit loose in there.

I never want to feel that I'm playing it safe.

In everyday life, my wife is the most wonderful. We're in love with each other beyond belief.

In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me more as I get older. I doubt it, but maybe. Romantic comedies tend to be, for me, an oxymoron.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.