Stan Lee Quotes

Spider-Man is such a whiny loser.

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

I was a Spidey fan as a kid. I always liked the complexity and the teenaged angst that Spider-Man, Peter Parker, always had to deal with. It was kind of a deeper, darker storytelling that just good-guy-beats-bad-guy.

I would have loved to have played Spider-Man.

Spider-Man has always been a huge part of my life. I love the movies. I love the comics. And I always just wanted to be Spider-Man.

That's why people love Spider-Man: he's the most grounded, relatable of superheroes.

I like Spider-Man because he's become the most famous. He's the one who's most like me - nothing ever turns out 100 percent OK; he's got a lot of problems, and he does things wrong, and I can relate to that.

I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what's going to be a hit.

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.

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

If I could play any superhero... my favorite superhero is Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is wonderful at doing it to the point that I don't think I should play it.

I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.

If you're in the game long enough, you're going to be the toast of the town one day, and the next day you'll be toast.

I sometimes lie awake at night and wonder why I am still so popular and, to be honest, I don't know.

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

I loved Spider-Man, Spider-Man was the man.

I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun.

Why am I popular? I don't know. Is it a mistake? I should think it's a mistake somewhere.

If you'd ever told me that my Broadway debut would be playing Spider-Man, I would have laughed in your face.

I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.

I drive past the Mad Men billboard every day and I can't believe I'm on that show.

I remember when I was first auditioning to be a part of it, I thought it would be way to cool and there was no way it would actually happen, so I still can't believe I'm in the 'X-Men' and I'm Havok.

I've always wanted to play Peter Parker, obviously.

The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous.

I'd love to be Spider-Man, but one, it doesn't fit into the 'Glee' schedule.