"People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy, and I can’t do that as Bruce Wayne. As a man, I’m flesh and blood; I can be ignored, I can be destroyed. But as a symbol… as a symbol I can be incorruptible. I can be everlasting."
—Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman from Batman Begins, 2005
—Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman from Batman Begins, 2005