There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify.

Well no, I think we won't have that problem but as far as paparazzi I'm speaking, I will deal with that.

I could finally quit my job as a bartender and stop dreaming that I might be Superman and know that I was. Then I started thinking about how cool it was.

Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn't have responded to that either.

I've found the best way is to not be scared of the attention but to be grateful for it and open to it. It makes my days better rather than being annoyed that people want my attention.

I'm very excited to see where the characters and their relationships go. But in the end, it really boils down to the people who have more power than me, who control the money.

Well physically preparing for the role, definitely and then continuing to stay physically fit throughout filming, getting up, 4.00 4.30 in the morning.

It was important to have a similar energy in my performance. To make the character too different would have just been about my ego because it didn't need to be drastically different.

There's a great legacy before me. Many, many fantastic actors, artists, writers have come before me and created Superman. I'm very honored to be able to be a part of it.

I'm kind of looking for something with a lot less action and more talking and listening.

I knew very early on that there would be quite a bit of attention: Superman is known all over the place.

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way

God's Law of Cause and Effect: Your rewards in life will always be equal to the amount and quality of service rendered, in the long run.

How good it is to be well-fed, healthy, and kind all at the same time.

What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.

The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for.

Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water

This attitude means you haven't met a girl worthy of your attention. You'll want to get caught if the right girl comes along.

The British government - any government - is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world.

But if you think of all the people who don't like me, just think of all the millions who've never heard of me!