Jon Watts Quotes

There's a reason Tony Stark makes fun of 'Thor,' and mentions 'Shakespeare' in the park in 'The Avengers.' It's great to play high drama and comedy alongside a modern story.

If you think about it, now that Spider-Man is in the Marvel universe, that means that Peter Parker was probably, like, eight years old when he saw Tony on TV telling the world he's Iron Man. And when you start thinking about it as a whole world like that, it gets really fascinating.

There were only a couple of Marvel characters I read. I read 'Iron Man.' I have a lot of those. And this was the time they tried X-Factor out. I was never an X-Men person, but I was like, 'Let me check out X-Factor.' I was more of a DC guy in general.

My message is that I want to reach the people - the people who work each and every day.

I feel about me like I'm one of the working people, just like you, and everybody else. I don't fit the part of a celebrity.

I never thought we'd live in an age where we'd get to 2008's 'Iron Man,' which I think is a perfect movie.

I'm a really big Marvel person. I like Marvel. I am a big fan of the Avengers and Iron Man.

I love playing the common man.

When I grew up reading comics, the part in the Marvel universe that was so exciting was that you could have a battle going on in 'Iron Man' and then, suddenly, Thor would fly overhead, and you realized, 'Oh, it's all one place.'

I'm not a huge comic book fan, but I'm a closet fan of certain Marvel heroes, two of those being Iron Man, and the other being Guardians of the Galaxy, which I'm looking forward to.

My style hero was' Batman.' Now it's Tony Stark.

I've been a fan of the Marvel Universe since I was a little child.

The Marvel world is a pure joy to be a part of.

I really enjoy being part of the Marvel Universe. It's a cool bunch of people to work with, and they know what they're doing.

I'd love to see Peter Parker and Daredevil hang out. There's a wonderful issue of the comics where Matt Murdock has to defend Daredevil, because the public don't know, and so he has Peter Parker put on his Daredevil outfit so that he can sit in the docks. You know, great storyline.

You're beginning to hear the tale of the common man and woman rather than the traditional memoir about the generals who just finished the war or the politicians who just rendered glorious service to the country.

If you live only a movie-star life, you know only movie-star things. I needed to live a regular life with normal people around.

Marvel has, like, 9,000 characters. They could do a horror movie tomorrow and call it Marvel. They can do anything.

My biggest thing is that I would love in some form or fashion to return to the 'Marvel' universe, whether in television or a feature. I love the people at 'Marvel' and grew up reading the characters, and it was a real dream come true getting to play with the toys.

I've been a fan of all things Marvel since I was a kid, so now, working with the company and playing a superhero on screen is pretty cool.

As soon as I reach any town, I talk to the shoe-shine boys or the barbers or the people in the restaurants, because it's Mr. Joe Doakes who is very close to reality.

I think I'm a common man for the most part, but I don't work as hard as most people that I know.

'Spider-Man' seems to have a different tone to the pure Marvel stuff, but I really enjoyed the 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' and 'Iron Man' movies. I love the special effects and how it seems very real, but at the same time, it still lives within the realm of Marvel. That's got to be a lot of work.

I loved 'Iron Man.'

I'm really into the human interest thing. I really like regular people.