Artist Quote by Brandon Routh

You have an iconic character in Superman. You want to keep him vital and relevant to the audience as it evolves. So there's a…

— Chris Claremont

With Superman, there are certain limitations for an actor. You can't go past certain boundaries because then you cease to be what the character…

— Henry Cavill

Playing an icon [superman], you don't try to be an icon because that defeats the purpose. The responsibility attached is enormous, and the realization…

— Henry Cavill

What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to…

— Christopher Reeve

I'm not no superman but I'm doing what I can.

— Amanda

People have a very proprietary relationship with Superman. It's important to respect the iconography and the canon, but at the same time, you have…

— David S. Goyer

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…

— Brandon Routh

For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can…

— J. Michael Straczynski

For me it's important to get the origin of the character like in the Richard Donner superman. We saw him became slowly a super…

— Xavier Gens

I'd have to be superman to do some of the things I'm supposed to have done, I've been at six different places at six…

— George Best

On a purely personal level, it's very strange, because as a kid, Superman informed my personality. Now I've been given the job of forming…

— J. Michael Straczynski

The thing with Superman is that he's completely emotionally open to the reader. Meaning what he tells you is what he's feeling; there's a…

— Scott Snyder