PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

You play a self-help author in your next movie. Have you read The Secret? “It’s a secret, you know. Nobody’s told me the damn secret.” —Aaron Eckhart

—Maggie Gyllenhaal

Who would win in a fight between Christian Bale and Robert Downey Jr.? “I’d rather hang out with Tony Stark than Bruce Wayne.” —David S. Goyer (GETTY IMAGES)

—Christian Bale

—Blake Lively

Will you go on strike if need be? “I always go with the union. They pay my pension.” —Michael Caine

—Gary Oldman

You play the mayor of Gotham City. What would you do if you were mayor of New York? “Safety is paramount, with the real Gotham and the one in The Dark Knight.” —Nestor Carbonell

—Cody Horn

—Morgan Freeman

Who wins in Iron Man vs. Batman? “Which hero will win or which movie will make more money?” —Norman Reedus

—Christopher Nolan

If you were New York’s next mayor, what would you do first? “I’d ask Bloomberg to come back.” —Regis Philbin