Henry Cavill

“'Immortals' was very much a martial arts based training program - a lot of body weight stuff, very little in the way of actually lifting heavy weights, and a very, very low calorie diet.”

“My mother is such an incredibly strong woman. She raised a family of five boys extremely well. She made us all strong, loving, caring people. We all support each other. I'm really thankful to her.”

“I didn't see a lot of comic books growing up.”

“As an outside; don't worry about failure, because failure will take care of itself. Focus on success.”

“I work out two, two and a half hours a day. For 'Immortals,' it was body-weight stuff: crunches, pullups, and martial arts-based cardio.”

“No matter what era we're in, we need hope.”

“A large amount of constant activity will get things going. For example, training in the morning will have everything, all the juices flowing by the time you actually get to work. So, when you're at work, you've been already up for an hour or so or two hours, and you're raring to go where everyone else is still wiping sleep out of their eyes.”

“A lot of the stuff you do as an actor - or I do, because I can't speak for everyone - is not always consciously thought out. A lot of the time, for me, it's actually just feeling stuff, and it happens all in the moment and your body reacts.”

“I don't think Americans look bad in spandex.”

“This character matters so much to so many people. I want to get that right. I want to do it justice. I want people to believe in the character and have faith in the character and kids to grow up wanting to be Superman. Or, God forbid, there's people who are going through hardship and wishing that this character would turn up and save them.”

“People have this belief that actors are able to go out there and say, 'Oh I choose this job,' but most of the time we're just taking the job we can get. We don't just get offered thousands of jobs; we might earn one job a year and that's the one we'll take because we've got to pay the rent.”

“I'm from a family of six men, so I'm bound to be physical.”

“My mother works in a bank, and my dad is the head of my management team and also works in finance.”

“I never thought of myself as unlucky. When you aim high, it's tough to get there unless something really fortunate happens.”

“At boarding school there wasn't much time for much of anything except education.”

“I suppose that when I'm building a character, it's usually related to what their family is like and who their parents are, as well as how I grew up - that nurture side.”

“My version of Superman is essentially of a guy who has spent his whole life alone.”