People may never understand this - and perhaps I should give up caring whether they do or not - but the idea of me playing Superman is so far away from what I was brought up to aspire to.

Having that college-town atmosphere with a live repertory company available was a real gift. I found myself gravitating toward the theater from about the age of nine. I guess it was the environment that got me started.

When we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.

Living a life with meaning means spreading the word. Even if you can't move, you can have a powerful effect with what you say.

What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to make the best of what we have - and you don't have to be a 'Superman' to do it.