The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.

If there is some sort of trouble at home, kids don't think that James Bond is going to come save their mum from their dad, or their dad from their mum. They don't think, "Bond is going to come and save me." Superman is a different sort of idealized figure.

The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last.

Not every job is a good job.

I didn't see a lot of comic books growing up.

If you're a good actor, then you channel enough of yourself into the character so that you do get that other thing.

I'm training two-and-a-half hours a day, pushing my body beyond its normal limits, putting on a lot of muscle mass and just making myself look like Superman.