Lauren Shuler Donner Quotes

The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.

The visual of Deadpool was very informed by Spider-Man.

In the world of comic books, "troublemaker" means someone who has some sense of dignity.

I love the character of Jaime Lannister. He's just so complex - a character that we love to hate - but it's a lot more complex than hatred. It starts off, and he seems so arrogant and so smug.

My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that's who I should probably play.

I get fans stopping me and telling me what a bad man I am. I got a lot of that at Comic-Con. I'd tell them, 'Sorry, mate.'

I thought he was an interesting central figure, central character, one who is definitely not your typical central character figure in a film, who's easy to like. He's not easy to like. It forces you to involve yourself with what's going on.

I went and met with Tim Burton for the role of Batman. But I just couldn't really take it seriously; any man who wears his underpants outside his pants just cannot be taken seriously.

There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Superman and Lois Lane.

The crime of loving is forgetting.

I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

That's sort of what I like about this character is that he's not the good guy, he's not truly the bad guy.

I never really sympathised with Peter Parker.

You can't play Batman in a serious, square-jawed, straight-ahead way without giving the audience the sense that there's something behind that mask waiting to get out, that he's a little crazed; he's strange.

I feel like I've been playing Spider-Man my whole life. He's a character I've been pretending to be in my bedroom since I was a kid - so I've been preparing for this forever, I think.

Every significant book at Marvel had its key antagonist. 'The Fantastic Four' had Doctor Doom; 'Spider-Man' had Doc Ock, among others; Thor had Loki, if not Surtur. Without Magneto, the X-Men had nobody.

Being a superhero was my biggest childhood dream, but for a long time, I was thinking that a perfect role for me in the Marvel Universe is Sergei Kravinoff, a.k.a. Kraven the Hunter.

Venom is such a great character, it will be fun to see who he tangles with along the way.

Deadpool's' probably pretty proud of his comic book hero physique.

I wouldn't say that I was a Spider-Man super fan.

I'd love to play Venom. I'm a huge 'Spider-Man' fan, and Venom was the character that drew me into the comics.

The Rated-R Superstar was usually a vile and horrible human being who had some moments of being a good guy.

I love drawing Ryan Reynolds in his Deadpool costume. He looks amazing and is the true embodiment of the Merc with a Mouth!

There is more than enough 'Venom' to go around. Venom is a really huge character, and Hardy is an amazing actor, so there is plenty to mine just from Tom's performance, the character and the world he inhabits.

I guess I'd love to play Storm in 'X-Men.'