Mike Colter Quotes

Whatever I had to prove in the 'Flash' world about myself as an actor, I proved as Henry Allen.

There aren't, like, four Aquamans before me. I get to set the tone for it.

When they call you and say, 'So you want to play 'Black Panther?'' if you know what 'Black Panther' is, there's no way in the world you're going to say no because there's a lot of opportunity for magic to happen.

With 'Luke Cage,' we all, as a collective wanted to tell the truest story that we could but, at the same time, also be very true to the comic book genre.

Portraying Alex Summers, I want to look as athletic as his character is in the comics.

Venom first made his appearance some years ago in a Spider-Man book, and was a huge best-seller.

The only time I ever met a character that I wrote was when I met Ian McKellan, when he was playing Magneto in the 'X-Men' movies.

'Captain America' was probably the most universally positive experience I've had in this mad business.

When I drew Captain America in 'The Ultimates,' I hated my Cap, even though some people are like, 'Man, your Cap's cool!' and they made statues out of it.

I think The Hulk really hit a chord with me, I love the Hulk. But, I never dreamt I'd be playing Doctor Doom.

'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it.

I hadn't read comics really before coming in to shooting the original 'Thor.' During that and beforehand, I read stacks and got my head around it all. We reference, especially when we were putting the script together before we started shooting, other stories.

That's another reason I did Daredevil: I didn't get killed off in it.

It took them a while to catch on that Batman would be the greatest.

I thought Daredevil was kind of cool because he couldn't do anything. I mean, he's blind. It wasn't that he could fly. His major power was an impediment. So I was intrigued. When I took over he was kind of like Spider-Man-lite, but I was able to project a lot of my Catholic imagery onto it. And I'd always wanted to do a crime comic.

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine.

I wasn't the biggest Captain America fan, but increasingly, I see him as a great character. Winter Soldier really got into what it meant to actually represent America.

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

I am not walking around looking like Luke Cage does at all.

When Marvel got the rights to Namor, I thought I'd be the perfect fit.

I'd love to do a Marvel movie.

I have a little bit of experience going in and playing a character - I played a character on 'Smallville' that had been established for decades and decades before I took it.

'Ghost Rider' definitely has an appeal that's far beyond comics.

I didn't want to make a caricature version of Elektra.

My private joke about 'Luke Cage' is that it's a bulletproof version of 'Lemonade,' and that, essentially, it's a concept album that has a video component.