Superhuman Quotes

An actor must interpret life and, in order to do so, must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet. In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible. He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.

"I`m certainly thinking of plastic surgery. I`ve already been botoxed, like many of the models. And I`m happy to admit it. If you don`t tell, how do other women feel they have a chance when they see the pictures? Models are not superhuman. We grow old. I really want to grow old and I don`t believe that age is ugly."

About her reaction to Arnold Schwarzenegger being cast as the Terminator in the original film: "I didn`t take Schwarzenegger very seriously as an actor at that time. I said, `Oh Lord, why cast a man who looks like a machine as a machine? Cast somebody who`s very thin to do these superhuman acts.` And I was wrong. He was used tremendously effectively, and he was served very well by that film."

(when asked how being in prison has changed her angry and aggressive "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" character, Faith:) "How would prison change anyone? There was something about the fact that she`s a Slayer, so she wouldn`t really be there unless she wanted to be because she`s got superhuman strength. She could have busted out of that joint if she really wanted to, but she and Angel developed this relationship. He was leading her down the road to redemption, kind of facing the things she`s done and recovering from that and hopefully being a better her. She`s been in there, doing the time, thinking. She`s still a tough girl, but she really has to suppress her demons a little more. In these past few ("Angel") shows, that`s what we`re seeing -- her teetering on the line between the old her and the new her." (Buffalo News, March 17, 2003)

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.`

(On characterizing Wonder Woman): "I tried to play her like a regular woman who just happened to have superhuman powers. I figured she`d lived with it every day of her life."

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.

Superhuman effort isn`t worth a damn unless it achieves results.

When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve

I`m not a religious man. As a matter of fact, I think religion is one of the biggest evils in this world. Think of the world`s wars, almost all of them have started because of religion. I have my own attitude to this life. Hell, you can`t look up at the sky and not think there`s some superhuman force at work. But I don`t know what it is.