Edge Quotes

I grew up in Canada and was a huge Spider-Man fan, and never thought of Spider-Man as an American hero.

I would not think twice about being part of any incarnation of the 'X-Men' films.

I know of the Daredevil comic because it's so iconic.

We love Cyclops and as you know, we love James. It's a great team and we'll continue the team, obviously.

At the same time, as you know, unless you are a comic book reader, Daredevil is not a known thing.

If you don't know, 'The New Mutants' is like an 'X-Men' spin-off. It was a comic book; Bill Sienkiewicz did it and it was an 'X-Men' comic. It's basically like a separate bunch of mutants.

I always loved comic books when I was growing up, and Spider-Man was definitely a character I gravitated towards because I loved the story of an average teenager having super powers.

Back in 1982, when there were still only a manageable number of 'X-Men' titles on the racks (by which I mean just one), Marvel quite reasonably figured the world could stand another team of beleaguered mutant superheroes. And so were born 'The New Mutants,' junior X-Men whose powers had just begun to manifest at the onset of puberty.

I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.

I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things.

There are fantastic stories yet to be told featuring Marvel's characters, old and new, and I'm thrilled to be part of them.

By the time I finished the first series, 'Marvel Universe vs. Punisher,' I knew that there was a lot more story to tell.

Oddly enough, I've always really loved Nightcrawler. You know who else they didn't use enough was Phoenix. I just thought her story line was so tragic. I was just really drawn to that character as well.

Everything I've done is an old Marvel comic in its' own way.

I never met Sam Raimi in my whole life.

I remember watching the 'Iron Man' cartoons when I was younger. I remember reading the origin stories and some of the Silver Age stuff, and I read 'The Avengers' - 'The Defenders' and then 'The Avengers' - and that sort of brought me into 'Iron Man.'

I went right to the 'Guide to the Marvel Universe,' which has every Marvel character from A-Z, and fortunately, I had every issue. I found 'Deathlok,' read about him there.

I loved Superman growing up. I saw a couple of those movies in the theater, and I watched 'Superman II' 8000 times.

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

If you look at Marvel Comics, there are very few Marvel characters I would like to write.

X-Men is massive, like nothing I've ever experienced. But great in its own way.

Unlike novel characters, comic book characters last an eternity. When a character is changed beyond recognition, there's no longer the merchandising aspect.

Everyone in the world knows 'Spider-Man.' And to be accepted into such a large franchise was overwhelming.

I never read any of the comics, but I grew up on the animated series when I was a little kid - I guess it came out in 1992. So I've always been an 'X-Men' fan.

I'm a lifer for the 'X-Men' movies.