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I grew up watching 'Superman.' As a child, when I first learned to dive into a swimming pool, I wasn't diving, I was flying, like Superman. I used to dream of rescuing a girl I had a crush on from a playground bully.

I remember when I was a kid, I would watch 'Superman', and I was super into the feeling of knowing that Clark Kent is Superman and no one knows.

I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I'd never run out of nerve. Never.

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

When I got the job with 'Superman,' it felt like somebody threw me into the ocean. I was just trying to figure it out, to figure out how to tread water. Lucky for me, I'm part of a great team.

I don't think I ever thought of myself as Superman. But there were people who thought of me that way, and maybe I believed them a little.

George Reeves was really Superman in my eyes. For him to come on the set and be there was a treat for me.

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

I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.