Quote

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.

Christopher Reeve

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Thing
Cases
Think
Movies
Thinking
Poor
Actors
Follows
Culture
Blame
Firsts
Changes
First
Case
Writing
Theater

More quotes by Christopher Reeve

Image
Every scientist should remove the word 'impossible' from their lexicon.
Christopher Reeve
Image
When we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.
Christopher Reeve
Image
I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. There is only one way to go in life and that is forward.
Christopher Reeve
Image
Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.
Christopher Reeve
Image
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.
Christopher Reeve
Image
To be able to feel the lightest touch really is a gift.
Christopher Reeve
Image
I remember telling a neurosurgeon, Don't give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset.
Christopher Reeve
Image
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.
Christopher Reeve
Image
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.
Christopher Reeve
Image
Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.
Christopher Reeve
Image
I am a very lucky guy. I can testify before Congress. I can raise funds. I can raise awareness.
Christopher Reeve
Image
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.
Christopher Reeve
Image
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.
Christopher Reeve
Image
We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate... Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realising our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.
Christopher Reeve
Image
I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?
Christopher Reeve
Image
A hero is an ordinary person doing things in an extra ordinary way.
Christopher Reeve
Image
I have never been disabled in my dreams.
Christopher Reeve
Image
If you don't have a vision, nothing happens.
Christopher Reeve
Image
In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.
Christopher Reeve
Image
Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.
Christopher Reeve