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There is no such thing as can't.

Christopher Reeve

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Christopher Reeve
Age: 52 †
Born: 1952
Born: September 25
Died: 2004
Died: October 10
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
New York City
New York
Christopher D'Olier Reeve
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All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.
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A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.
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Once you choose hope, anything's possible
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Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.
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What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.
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In the second half of the 20th century, people are becoming more limited: Vocabularies are smaller, thoughts are smaller, aspirations are smaller, everything is very scaled down. Everyone is typecast.
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People may never understand this - and perhaps I should give up caring whether they do or not - but the idea of me playing Superman is so far away from what I was brought up to aspire to.
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Don't put a limit on what can be accomplished.
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When I first began acting, I assumed an intellectual responsibility attached to my profession, which I had accepted for a long time. My father taught me that an actor had to have a social and political conscience, and that the work that he does has to reflect from that.
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You learn the stuff of your life (sports, movies, traveling) ... that's not the essence of your existence, my relationships were always good. Now they have transcended (rise beyond).
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I don't think actors are to blame for poor writing. The culture changes first, and the theater follows it. In the case of the movies, it's the same thing.
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The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can . . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have.
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I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.
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To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.
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I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?
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Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.
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When we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.
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I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.
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