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Getting the role like this is such awonderful opportunity... I remember looking in the mirror and going 'I'm superman'.

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Henry Cavill
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: May 5
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Saint Helier
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Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill
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Everyone doubts themselves. It's just a matter of admitting it or not.
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I'm from a family of six men, so I'm bound to be physical.
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I'm training two-and-a-half hours a day, pushing my body beyond its normal limits, putting on a lot of muscle mass and just making myself look like Superman.
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There is a story that you have to tell within a certain amount of time, and you can only show so much of the character. So as much as the script is born from the source material, there are certain limitations.
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If I'm talking to someone and they're feeling a certain way, I will definitely tie into that very quickly. You have to learn to read emotions and feelings when you grow up in a family with four brothers - especially if three of them are a lot bigger than you.
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I didn't see a lot of comic books growing up.
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I hate to say found himself - it sounds so ridiculous.
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My mother is such an incredibly strong woman. She raised a family of five boys extremely well. She made us all strong, loving, caring people. We all support each other. I'm really thankful to her.
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If I spend all my time being upset about having lost a job, then the next however many auditions I have are going to be useless.
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Finding the physical aspect is important to me because that is often how we read people in everyday life.
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People have this belief that actors are able to go out there and say, 'Oh I choose this job,' but most of the time we're just taking the job we can get. We don't just get offered thousands of jobs we might earn one job a year and that's the one we'll take because we've got to pay the rent.
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I prefer more of the modern stuff - just because I can associate with the imagery more.
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Not every job is a good job.
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People say, Age is just a number. A lot of times it's not just a number. It's actually a real and true sign of someone's maturity. But in this case, she's fantastic.
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The hardest part of acting is not being guaranteed work. Every job could be your last.
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It's difficult to judge other actors, because as an actor you're looking at different things than what an audience is looking at.
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I wouldn't say Bond is an ideal figure, no. The character has been performed in so many different ways that people go, Oh, that's an interesting take on Bond.
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Certainly, for younger guys, Superman is this mythological character that they've thought about and explored in their imaginations... But one thing I really like about Superman fans is that they're so open-minded and excited and honest. There's something beautiful about their enjoyment of it - something very Superman-like.
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Playing an icon [superman], you don't try to be an icon because that defeats the purpose. The responsibility attached is enormous, and the realization that it actually really, really matters meant that I wanted to put the most amount of work into representing the character properly.
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I know I can't make everyone happy, but I know I can do the most justice I can possibly do to a character, or any character, if I put my all into it. That's the choice you have to make.
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