Michael Keaton credited as playing...
Batman • Bruce Wayne
- The Joker: Tell me something, my friend. You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?
- Bruce Wayne: What?
- The Joker: I always ask that of all my prey. I just... like the sound of it.
- [shoots him]
- Bruce Wayne: I know who you are. Let me tell you about this guy I know, Jack. Mean kid. Bad seed. Hurt people.
- The Joker: I like him already.
- [laughs]
- Bruce Wayne: Now you know the problem was... he got sloppy. You know? Crazy. He started to lose it. He had a head full of bad wiring, I guess.
- [Walks towards the fireplace]
- Bruce Wayne: Couldn't keep it straight up here.
- [Points to his head]
- Bruce Wayne: He was the kind of guy who couldn't hear the train until it was 2 feet from him.
- The Joker: Hmm.
- [Smiles and nods his head]
- Bruce Wayne: You know what happened to this guy, Jack?
- The Joker: [Shakes his head]
- Bruce Wayne: Well... he made mistakes. Then he had his
- [grabs a poker and smashes a vase]
- Bruce Wayne: LIGHTS OUT! Now you wanna get nuts? Come on! Let's get nuts.
- Vicki Vale: A lot of people think you're as dangerous as the Joker.
- Batman: He's psychotic.
- Vicki Vale: Some people say the same thing about you.
- Batman: What people?
- Vicki Vale: Well, I mean, let's face it. You're not exactly normal, are you?
- Batman: It's not exactly a normal world, is it?
- Vicki Vale: [distracting Joker] Mr. Joker, you say such beautiful things. Oh, you're so powerful. And purple! Oh, I love purple.
- Batman: Excuse me.
- [Joker looks]
- Batman: Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
- [punches him]
- [about one of his suits of armor]
- Bruce Wayne: It's Japanese.
- Knox: How do you know?
- Bruce Wayne: Because I bought it in Japan.
- Vicki Vale: He's really wonderful? He loves you a lot.
- Bruce Wayne: Alfred's a great one. I Couldn't find my socks without him.
- Vicki Vale: I just gotta know, are we gonna try to love each other?
- Bruce Wayne: I'd like to. But he's out there right now. And I've gotta go to work.
- Bruce Wayne: [introducing himself] Hi, Bruce Wayne
- Vicki Vale: Are you sure?
- Bruce Wayne: Yeah, this time.
- Alfred Pennyworth: Miss Vale called again. Dare I suggest that your present course of action might simply strengthen her resolve. She is quite tenacious.
- Bruce Wayne: You're right about that.
- Alfred Pennyworth: And if I may say so, quite special. Perhaps you could try telling her the truth.
- Vicki Vale: I've loved you since I met you. But I don't know what to think of all this. I really don't.
- Bruce Wayne: Look, sometimes I don't know what to think about this. It's just something I have to do.
- Vicki Vale: Why?
- Bruce Wayne: Because nobody else can. Look, I tried to avoid all this, but I can't. This is how it is. It's not a perfect world.
- Vicki Vale: It doesn't have to be a perfect world. I just gotta know, are we gonna try to love each other?
- Bruce Wayne: I'd like to. But he's out there right now and I've gotta go to work.