"Joss Whedon is a hero of mine, and what he's done for women in film and television, particularly when it comes to writing female roles that would typically go to a man, is awesome."

"As far as I'm concerned: Chris Pratt for president! He'd save us."

"We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits -- and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful."

"We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful."

"Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards."

"How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?"

"There are heroes in evil as well as in good."

"My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them."

"True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat."

It's always more fun to be an anti-hero. They're more interesting.

Muddy Waters, I suppose, was my first great hero. You know, every boy wants to be a guitar player, and Muddy Waters was just the king. He was the King Bee. He was it.

Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.

"The hero surviving his own murder, his own suicide, his own addiction, surviving his own disappearance from the scene"

All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.

“The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.”

“Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.”

Live as a villain, die as a hero

“No leader, however great, can long continue unless he wins battles. The battle decides all.”

“Leadership is based on a spiritual quality; the power to inspire, the power to inspire others to follow.”

Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions." (Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)

“To believe in the heroic makes heroes.”

“I’ve seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don’t believe in heroism; I know it’s easy and I’ve learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.”