Why do we love Christian Bale? Let us count the ways: Empire of the Sun; that talent; that face; that awesome dad. Bale, who stars in the new Batman movie The Dark Knight, sat down with Today's Matt Lauer this morning, and honestly, we didn't know what to clip...so we clipped it all. Click to hear Christian discuss this film's rave reviews, doing his own stunts, Chicago's Sears Tower, co-star Heath Ledger, and his kids... all in an accent that sounds like some combination of English, Australian and Brooklyn tough guy.

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