Quotes About Hero

I am a big Batman fan, not so much a Superman fan.

When I was little, I think that I wanted Superman to be my boyfriend.

I'm just disappointed the folks never took a picture of me when I was five years old jumping off the barn into a haystack with my Superman cape.

I read Superman comics when I was a kid.

Christopher Reeve will always be Superman in my mind.

For me, Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster's character was Superman.

I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy.

I have a statue of Superman. It's actually a big one... It's a collectible statue of Superman, which the DC guys very kindly gave to me. So that's a little prized possession of mine.

Superman was my first comic back in the '50s; that was me under the bedspread with the flashlight reading comic books.

There's a lot of mythological stories you can tell. There's not just one. I appreciate all of those different kinds, but what I was personally missing was grand, classic, true-north hero. Pure and simple emotion, and also aiming for big time emotion, like love story as well, in a very sincere way. Like 'Superman: The Movie' had done for me.

Nobody beats Superman. Everybody else needs a costume - Superman needs a costume to be normal.

To get to wear the costume of Evel Knievel, are you kidding me? When I was a kid, I had Superman. I had Spiderman. I had Evel Knievel.

My favorite of all time will always be Christopher Reeve. He'll always be Superman in my eyes.

I feel that Sarkar is a realistic superman in his life.

My dad was not a footballer. He wasn't anything remotely what the average person would say was a role model - but in my eyes he was Superman.

Hawkeye is the best 'Avenger' because he does not rely on superpowers or extraordinary abilities.

The speed at which cinema is changing, the definition of hero is also changing. Even a big superstar like Aamir sir plays the role of a father. There's action genre, where you have to show body and do stunts, so you may call that a hero.

Zico was my idol. He was a very good player from Flamengo, and I was a Flamengo supporter from Rio de Janeiro. I was always looking for him and saying I want to be like him. He's my big hero.

With storytelling, you have to see yourself as the hero in the movie of your own life, and I kind of see myself as a supporting role, a walk-on role that has five lines. I say, 'Mr. President, the Russians are here.' That's how I see myself.

I have two great examples of a father. My dad is honestly my hero and sets the bar high for how a man should treat a woman. My stepmother is a caring, genuine and supportive woman. My mom is a spunky strong woman with a huge heart. And my sister is just a pure angel. There is a lot of love in my family.

It's a cliche, but John Lennon is my hero. He was so rebellious, so outspoken and so publicly opinionated, and I'm someone who's so private. I suppose you admire people who have the qualities you wish you had.

The thing about Luke Cage that makes him different is - on the surface is he's a hero for hire; Luke Cage wants to get paid. Luke Cage in the comic books is like, 'I'm doing this stuff. It's all well and good, but I gotta make a dollar.'

Most Robin Hood stories are not very exciting. There are not a lot of surprises.

I don't believe that a female character needs to surrender her femininity in order to be an action hero.