Chicago's such a great city because it's got so many different brilliantly architecturally looking buildings, and you can really modify that city.

It's rare that I'm working on a movie and that's the case. My goal is the same, ultimately at a certain point you give it to the director and their vision. You're there to support that vision.

There is an expectation with a superhero film that there is spectacle and action but there also has to be heart. Striking that balance is really important.

We live in a much more complicated time than when Superman was created 75 years ago. Or even when Superman The Movie was created in the 70s. There are great advances but with those come a great many complications.We felt that the character needed to grow up in that kind of environment and had to face those kinds of colossal choices that were not going to be easy. It's difficult to figure out the right path. And even if you do good there are causalities to your choices. We thought it would be compelling.

People tend to think about God more when the clock starts to wind down.

You think that it must be great to be Superman but it's also hard to be Superman, especially when growing up.

In films of terror, it's often not about being graphic. Or if there is a graphic image, it's extremely swift. Everyone talks about the shower scene in 'Psycho,' but that's the only graphic scene in the entire film.