Built Quote by Zack Snyder

Superman is a traditional archetype in our culture, this all-powerful but benign doer of good, protector and friend. If he could succumb to the…

— Dana Reeve

The superman exists and he's American.

— Alan Moore

The superman is a premature ideal, one that presupposes man.

— Karl Kraus

Superman is, after all, an alien life form. He is simply the acceptable face of invading realities.

— Clive Barker

My thing is every generation of Americans has to answer what we call the 'Superman Question.' Superman comes, lands in America. He's illegal. He's…

— Junot Diaz

I think of Superman as the ultimate vanilla hero. He's this perfect refugee, this perfect immigrant from another planet who embodies the American dream.

— Antje Traue

On this global stage, Superman is someone that we can all look up to and he's almost kind of ultimately American.

— Scott Snyder

Outside of, as a kid, just wanting to be able to fly and run faster than a speeding locomotive and being able to leap…

— Matt Bomer

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

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

We tried to approach this as though there's never been a Superman movie before, but at the same time respecting the canon and mythology.…

— Zack Snyder

What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power…

— Christopher Reeve