Batman star Christian Bale says he is tired of people labelling him a sex symbol.

New-magazine.co.uk reports that when he was asked about his new status as a sex symbol he said: "Who isn't one these days?

"All you have to do is stand on this side of the red carpet and you're called a sex symbol. There's no more to it than that."

Asked what his wife thought about the mental and physical transformation he undergoes for his roles, he replied jokingly: "She gets to sleep with a whole bunch of different men. So, maybe it's not so bad."