Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn't have responded to that either.
I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job.
People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.
I've been doing TV for fourteen years, and I've always had a fascination with the political business side. It's ruled my life. Ratings or no ratings have decided where I live, who I work with, and how long I'll be doing that particular job.
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
Once I had a steel job for half of a day. I never went back to collect my pay.
And a special thank you to the citizens of Massachusetts: You are paying all the taxes, creating all the jobs, raising all the children. This government is yours. Thank you for letting me serve you. I love this job.
You know, my dad served in the President's Cabinet after his time as a governor. He told me he enjoyed being governor a lot more. Now, I understand why. If I do my job well, I can make a difference in people's lives and I can help our children realize their dreams.
But also, the guest workers program, it's quite often misused, meaning people could come in as part of a guest workers program and after two weeks in the fields, they'd run off to do every other kind of job that isn't covered by a guest workers program.
Better to just be real. Show up and do your job and be a nice person.
I had a soap opera, and my next job was working with Kyle McLachlan on The Invisible Man.
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"
You couldn't beg, borrow, or steal a job in 1931, 1932... it was really tough.
I have to stay humble. I'm just a normal human with a job that is televised.