What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.


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I remember standing in the crow's nest as we entered the misty Panama Canal, and the strange sen...
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
When I left high school, my dad was directing a film, and I went to work for him as a P.A. There wer...
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE
The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
I've done three Broadway shows; once the curtain goes up, that's it. I mean, you prepare and...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER
My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend ...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER
I've had the good fortune of working with some amazing people. I mean, my first Broadway show wa...
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER
Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing.
CHRISTOPHER FRY
What's really cool about LEGOs is that you can put a bunch of bricks on the table, and everybody...
CHRISTOPHER MILLER
I gave my parole once, and it has been shamefully violated by the British Government; I shall not gi...
CHRISTOPHER GADSDEN
There is only one success to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absu...
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
That's the most amazing thing about writing, whether it's in prose or comics: that you can c...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something abou...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
To be honest, writing comics is a dream come true - the form is unparalleled and is home to some of ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to sp...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety - they represent ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
I have come to believe that this is a mighty continent which was hitherto unknown.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
The L.A Trilogy is a series of three novels starring Ray, a robot detective, and his boss, a compute...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
I read a lot of science fiction, but I also mixed it up with a lot of other genres: crime, literary ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
'Doctor Who' is where my love of science fiction and fantasy started. I was introduced to it...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
Even as I was writing 'Empire State,' I knew there were more adventures for the main charact...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER
But, in each case, as a filmmaker who's been given sizable budgets with which to work, I feel a ...
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb? Three. One to mix the martinis, one to cha...
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to g...
CHRISTOPHER BOND
I accidentally saw David Byrne's last two songs in Prospect Park at a free concert because I cam...
CHRISTOPHER MCCULLOCH
Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particula...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets y...
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Reality TV has blown away the need for a roster of familiar faces in films. Plus, films became franc...
CHRISTOPHER FOWLER
There is only one success ... to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others ...
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY
If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, pu...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.
CHRISTOPHER ATKINS
When you go on book tour, you're always talking about yourself and your book from the time you g...
CHRISTOPHER MOORE
Come live with me, and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail...
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
Every now and then I will see a word as if for the first time, and suddenly appreciate that Evian is...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Being a Brady comes with it's pleasures and its baggage. I'm not one given to a lack of priv...
CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT
The Brady Bunch is a live action modern fairytale of family. In this context it's less odd that ...
CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT
...a minority is only thought of as a minority if it constitutes some kind of threat to the majority...
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
The Nazis were not right to hate the Jews. But their hating of Jews was not without ...
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but innocence.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
So I close this long reflection on what I hope is a not-too-quaveringly semi-Semitic note. When I am...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
They were different colors: the right one blue, the left green. And her face in the light of the can...
NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER
Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-styl...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Read with care, George Orwell's diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our und...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. ...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for gra...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS