[When asked what he thought of Batman Begins before its release]: My prediction, I don`t know anything about it, but I feel this way about it. It`s gonna be good, because he`s a really good actor, and that`s a really good director. And they`ve had years and years and years, and hundreds of millions of dollars, or at least tens of millions of dollars to figure it out. I say it`s gonna be good. I picture it`s gonna be good. And also, I swear to God it`s not an "I told you so", it`s maybe an interesting thing, that when I didn`t like the third script... I just said "I really don`t like this, and I don`t want to do it" cause what I wanted to do, is what I`m told and I don`t know if this is true yet so don`t hold me to this until I see it, but I`m told it`s more a prequel. And that was what I thought would`ve been a hip way to go the third time. This guy is so endlessly fascinating potentially, why not go and see how he got there.

On his decision not to reprise his role as Batman in Batman Forever (1995): "I was waiting in line for another movie and just kind of poked my head in... watched about 10 minutes. I saw enough to know that I made the right decision."

Comparing making Batman Returns (1992) to the first "Batman" film: "In some ways, this one was harder, because I felt like I was doing an impersonation of myself. Which, aside from being nearly impossible, is really weird."

After interviewer Michael Parkinson commented on his birthname being Michael Douglas: "Yeah, I had to change my name because there were two other actors registered at Equity with that name. One of them is doing quite well from what I understand, the other is making cheap porn movies... (reasonable pause) like `Basic Instinct.`"