Henry Cavill

“I will say I was a lot bigger as Superman. A lot bigger. I'm not saying how much. It's modesty about the weight - I've always been worried about my weight - but I also don't want to invite that debate: 'Henry weighs this, so he's the perfect Superman.' Or, 'Henry doesn't weigh this, and therefore he's not believable in the role.'”

“I'm a giant softy, for sure, but I honestly think these days it's probably considered more masculine to be emotionally connected.”

“Regrets are something you can't really have as an actor, because ultimately you'll end up destroying yourself... there's a lot of disappointment in this business.”

“As much as everyone says that Superman is good, a lot of other people might say that that's why they find him boring... A lot of Batman fans might say that.”

“I work out two, two and a half hours a day.”

“The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last.”

“You can train and train until you are blue in the face, but you've got to diet, you've got to have that leanness because if you are not lean, your abs won't show. Of course, the training has to be put in, but then you've to shed all the fat and keep the fat off. And that's how you get an eight pack.”

“המקצוע שלנו הוא לספר סיפורים ואם מישהו עושה את זה ממש טוב, זו לא בושה.”

“אנחנו חיים בעולם שלא תמיד מלא בדברים נעימים ונחמדים, ויש לנו גיבורי על שהם כמו אלים מיתולוגיים עבורנו שמספקים נחמה ודוגמה כלשהי.”

“אתה אמור להיראות אסתטי בייחוד כשאתה ללא חולצה.”

“כולנו אלימים. הודות לתכונה זו התפתח מין האדם.”

“Not every job is a good job.”

“I was overweight when I went to school. In fact, I was overweight when I left, just taller. Fatty Cavill was the nickname. I mean, no one wants to be Fatty Cavill.”

“There's an honesty to Clark, Kal-El - Kal-El's the better way of saying it because he is both Superman and Clark - there's an honesty to him which crosses over on both - I don't like to use the word 'identities,' but I will because I can't think of a better one. So, it is not that tough to make that swap and change.”

“The point of acting is to pretend you're someone else and sell a story.”

“Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.”

“Certainly, for younger guys, Superman is this mythological character that they've thought about and explored in their imaginations... But one thing I really like about Superman fans is that they're so open-minded and excited and honest. There's something beautiful about their enjoyment of it - something very Superman-like.”

“I often find during a day of shooting I will speak in an American accent all day long when I'm doing dialogue. At the end of the day, it often takes an effort when I'm talking to my fiancee to bring my English back just because you're so used to speaking that way.”

“I like to go full bore into something. If you have a backup plan, then you've already admitted defeat.”

“It's difficult to judge other actors, because as an actor you're looking at different things than what an audience is looking at.”