The acting job – it pays very well and you get to live a wonderful lifestyle, but it’s something that I love doing, so I want to work with other people who enjoy it as well...
I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you’ve already admitted defeat.
I know there are a lot of people who like to get very involved in their characters, but I, personally, find it too involved. I just like to do it as a job – and it’s my job to make it look real.
If you’re a good actor, then you channel enough of yourself into the character so that you do get that other thing.
I hate to say “found himself” – it sounds so ridiculous.
I prefer more of the modern stuff – just because I can associate with the imagery more.
If you have superpowers and no one can actually cause you any physical harm, then everything has to be very thought-through. You almost have to fake at being human.
Ideally you do want people to treat you professionally in return, but not everyone necessarily does that.
Superman isn’t moody or brooding or aggressive...
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 is.
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.
I read mostly historical fiction – lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy: David Gemmell, Raymond E. Feist. It’s a nice escape from the world. As much as I do love real-life stories, they can often make you hurt in a way I’d rather not hurt.
If I’m talking to someone and they’re feeling a certain way, I will definitely tie into that very quickly. You have to learn to read emotions and feelings when you grow up in a family with four brothers – especially if three of them are a lot bigger than you.
I wouldn’t necessarily be star-struck. I haven’t been yet. But I don’t know what happens in the future – maybe one day I will be. You never know.
If there’s one thing that we’re very good at as humans, it’s remembering the bad stuff. For some reason, it’s always the pain that gets you.
If someone’s trying to intimidate me, male or female, I don’t respect them enough to be intimidated.
When I first met my girlfriend, I was super intimidated. I wanted to impress her. I was thinking, Don’t mess this up, man. You’ve gotta play your cards exactly right.
I wouldn’t say Bond is an ideal figure, no. The character has been performed in so many different ways that people go, “Oh, that’s an interesting take on Bond.”
To play Bond, though, and then for the world to perceive you in a certain way, is very different from playing Superman. Bond is not this ideal figure.
I didn’t read comics as a kid – though, obviously, I’ve read a lot since.