Dean Cain Quotes

I think every guy and girl would love to get to play Superman at some point in their life.

I love playing these characters that are crazy tough, though. Because I am not in real life. Not at all.

There's the 7-year-old me that pretended to be Wonder Woman running around the schoolyard. Like, what an incredible thing to imagine that when the bully shows up or the villain, you would be strong enough to do something about it. But, also, you look like Lynda Carter while you're doing it - like, 'Oh, my God.'

When I was a kid, I thought I was Wonder Woman.

When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.

Playing big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of people love to live vicariously through those characters.

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.

As a kid, I wanted to be the person running from the monster. I also wanted to be the person saving people from the monster. I wanted to be a superhero.

I was tweaked by the idea of Superman immediately.

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 love dressing up in superhero outfits and in fact, when I dress up as Wonder Woman, I actually think that I'm more powerful.

What Christopher Nolan and I have done with 'Superman' is try to bring the same naturalistic approach that we adopted for the 'Batman' trilogy. We always had a naturalistic approach; we want our stories to be rooted in reality, like they could happen in the same world we live in.

If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He's everything that I'm not.

I've always dreamed of being a superhero, and I actually got to play one!

All of us want to be Superman when we grow up, fighting for truth and justice. That's part of what drives me as a writer.

I really want to play a superhero. I want to take the role-model thing up a notch. I've always been a fan of movies and TV, and to be able to play the ultimate TV superhero would be awesome.

I wish I had claws, just because how cool would that be?

To costume yourself in the way that you fantasize, to make that a reality, and then to go right into the universe looking like an exceptional being takes a lot of courage.

Growing up, I always liked Catwoman and Superman; they inspired me.

I would love to play a superhero. I sometimes walk around thinking, 'If I were a superhero, what would my superpower be?'

Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor.

Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.

Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.

Steady of heart and stout of hand.

I feel an army in my fist.