As an actor, you are always looking for subtext, for layers, for what's going on underneath.

Growing up in eastern Germany, I knew of Superman, but he didn't resonate emotionally with me.

I wanted to play the piano, but my fingers weren't long enough, so I took up the guitar.

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.

It never really worked out for me in my own country. They said, 'You're not famous enough for the lead roles, and you're too present for the supporting roles - you'd overpower the lead.'

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort.

Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen.

Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with.

What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change.

Names are what people sometimes use to excuse their thoughts and actions towards you.

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

Being able to write an idea down succinctly doesn't make that idea any better than one which rambles on a bit. It just comes to the point sooner.

Excellent, there's nothing quite like a blunt object to reinforce proper administration ethics.

It ain't the picture and it ain't the camera - it's the operator.

It's good to follow the path of personal happiness to some extent. People tend to get upset however when you drive a steamroller down it.

Knowing the rules and remembering the rules are two completely different things.

Of all the things I could know, my own faults and weaknesses are pretty much the most important.

The problem I have with making an intelligent statement is that some people then think it's not an isolated occurrence.

There's no such thing as 'facts of life'. Only standing theories that haven't been disproved as of yet.

It would absolutely suck if you paid a few bucks for a book only to find that on the first page it said, 'Once upon a time they all lived happily ever after' and the rest of the book was blank.