136 Quotes by Christopher Reeve

You should have a dream and absolutely go for it. Don’t let anybody say you can’t do it.

The character is a piece of fiction. You are yourself, however, and that makes you interesting, because you’re alive and you’re a human being.

Don’t put a limit on what can be accomplished.

And if you can channel the truth of your own experience onto the stage, that’s what the audience wants to see.

Every scientist should remove the word ‘impossible’ from their lexicon.

Maybe one way I am original is that at heart I really am a classical actor. I haven’t had my chance yet in the commercial world to show that. Movies aren’t really made about classical people so much any more.

What I do is based on powers we all have inside us; the ability to endure; the ability to love, to carry on, to make the best of what we have – and you don’t have to be a ‘Superman’ to do it.

I’m not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.

I remember telling a neurosurgeon, “Don’t give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset.”