Martin Campbell Quotes

I look at the Christian Bale movies, the 'Batman' films, and that shows you that superhero movies don't just have to be about men in tights.

I have a long love of superhero films, and I'd been saying over and over again to my agents at CAA that I'd like to do one.

I love superhero movies.

I like movies with superheroes - one of my favorite movies of all time was 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.'

It seems like they make every comic book into a film. 'Watchmen' is my favorite of all time.

I've seen all the Batman movies in the theater opening weekend. I was a big Batman fan, definitely.

I've been dying to do a Marvel picture for so long.

I watch comic book movies. Give me 'The Avengers,' give me 'Thor', those are my area. But I don't watch comedies.

I like the superhero comic books, and I like to see what the actors do creatively with the characters and how they bring these superheroes to life in the movies.

Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.

My favorite movie is 'Iron Man.' I tell people that I think it's just as good as 'Dark Knight,' if not better, and people tell me I'm crazy. I really like 'Iron Man.'

Superhero movies have become a genre unto themselves, and I didn't really grow up on superhero movies. I grew up on genre movies before superhero was a genre.

My favorite Batman stories were very much in conversation with the zeitgeist over the years.

Marvel just does things differently.

I've always wrote off the demographic of superhero films because it's just not really something I can relate to.

I must say, I wouldn't turn down a superhero role, although there do seem to be a lot of British actors out there doing that.

I said no to a lot of superhero stuff. I never expected to say yes to that kind of stuff.

'Avengers' was a great comic-book movie. 'The Dark Knight Rises' is a great epic.

The success of 'X-Men' paved the way, I have to presume, for Sony to make Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man.'

I really like big swashbuckling superhero films, but I feel like that Marvel universe is not adult enough.

The comic book industry has turned into the wellspring for all of these movies that are all based on the comic books.

Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman'; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.

I will say that Vertigo is an area of great interest to me. It is even less well tapped than other parts of DC, and could potentially offer amazing stories for our future television video game, digital and consumer products businesses.

One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.

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