Dana Reeve Quotes

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Dana Reeve

Profession : Actress

Birth : March 17, 1961

Working on problems and self-examination is a sign of strength.

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Life is full of risks, and you don't want to raise someone who's afraid of taking risks, either physically or emotionally.

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Superman is a traditional archetype in our culture, this all-powerful but benign doer of good, protector and friend. If he could succumb to the frailties of mortal man, what's to become of the rest of us?

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I don't live in the city, I don't work in a high-risk environment, and I am not a smoker. So it was never anything that would occur to me that I would get lung cancer, but the more I have learned about lung cancer is that it is becoming much more random, and it is striking women who are under 50 and are non-smokers and not in a risk environment.

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I'm a big girl. I prioritize. I want to be acting, I want to be singing, but there will be time for that.

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I feel freedom in singing and performing.

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If I feel down, I can do what I've always done - go see a friend, walk the dog, have a cup of tea.

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The public knows me through my life, which is not comical. But I feel very at home in comedy.

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There's a formula Chris and I used all the time. When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely. It makes me feel better when things are too hard for me.

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I am an actress and I do have to make a living.

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Mv mother was so literate and literary.

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With grief, you know, the only way to get through it is through it.

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I took the marriage vows very seriously, as did Chris. You're there - sickness, health - I mean, really. And you don't take those vows until you can say it and mean it.

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But TV and movie schedules are always easier than a theater schedule, if you have a family.

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We both felt it was important for us to remain a couple. I didn't want to be just his nurse.

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Chris had the unique and rare opportunity to be shown during his lifetime how many friends he has and how much they care.

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I'm definitely not a saint.

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There are moments when the grief comes bubbling up. The first time I saw Chris's chair empty, that was really hard. And it was hard when I started folding up some of his sweaters that I so imagine him wearing.

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Chris' absence is very much felt. There's just a huge void in our home life.

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Christopher pushed the boundaries beyond anything anyone could expect from any human being.

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