You can't play Batman in a serious, square-jawed, straight-ahead way without giving the audience the sense that there's something behind that mask waiting to get out, that he's a little crazed; he's strange.

When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster.

In the late '60s, there were the the three B's: The Beatles, Batman, and Bond.

There were definitely times when I regretted ever being Batman.

One of the most gratifying, rewarding things is when people come up, and they tell you how the show influenced their lives in a very positive way. When I do these things like Comic Con, I get people who are lawyers, judges, plumbers, carpenters, and entire families, and it's mostly for 'Batman.' But now, amazingly, it's also for 'Family Guy.'

Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'