 The idea of an actor becoming such a popular character, like Christopher Reeve in Superman, Sam Joseph's Flash Gordon, is that something as an actor that it's really hard to break away from? Because people love you so much as that character? I'm afraid you're right. I'm afraid you're right that people, again, were abusing the word icon because they became those characters and they were iconic to the world. And it was very hard in the relationship I was involved in for Christopher to break away from being Superman. In reality, he was a damn good little actor. But people would either compare him to Clark or Superman or somewhere in his head. He was trying to break away from that image. When I cast him, I had seen him in a play off-Broadway or in the village, actually. I forget the play, almost the summer stock piece, and I believe he played two characters, one himself, one his grandfather. And he was a wonderful actor, a charming actor. If he had never done Superman, I really believe he would have gone on and had a career as a leading man. The fact that he was Superman, I think held him back in many, many areas. I think it does. The industry says there's a jinx. That's stupid. I don't believe in jinxes, unless you jinx yourself. But it is a big problem for these actors to get out of that image that I am me. I am an actor. Give me the role. I'll show you. And they get stuck in this thing. And they're compared to it the rest of their lives. It's a strange relationship with the general public.