I would not think twice about being part of any incarnation of the 'X-Men' films.
I'm a lifer for the 'X-Men' movies.
I was as huge Spider-Man fan as a kid, but I really liked The Defenders a lot. I was also a big Moon Knight fan for some reason.
I still can't get over the idea that respectable adults now go to see superhero movies and that such films get reviewed in the 'New Yorker.' Clearly, I am seriously out of step with the times.
I wasn't a comic book aficionado at all when I was a kid, but my cousin Weed was. Every time we went to visit him on the farm, he had two really fun things: comedy albums and comic books.
I grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd.
I read the 'Deadpool' series back in the '90s. I'm not, like, a huge comic book reader, per say, though. I'll check out 'Archie' when I'm in the grocery line, but that's about it.
I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
Comics were not something that as a young kid you could say you were into in Manchester, Missouri. Kids did not read comic books back then.
X-Men is massive, like nothing I've ever experienced. But great in its own way.
I remember watching Wesley Snipes as Blade. I watched Michael Jai White as Spawn. I even watch Shaquille O'Neal as Steel. I felt like seeing a physical representation, a non-cartoon representation, affected me in a much different way.
'Avengers' was a great comic-book movie. 'The Dark Knight Rises' is a great epic.
All the PG-13 superhero movies are depriving me of the gore that I need.
I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that.
I think there's a possibility that comic book movies are getting a tiny bit better on the one hand because they're no longer made by executives, who are, you know, ninety-year-old bald tailors with cigars, going, 'The kids love this!'
I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
I've never been a superhero-comic fan exactly.
I really wasn't into comic books growing up.
I think the success of the Marvel films comes from the fact that they're made by fans. They really love those characters. When I first came out dressed as Vision, Kevin Feige nearly cried.
I grew up as a huge comic fan and a huge Batman & Robin fan. I watched all the TV shows, went to all the movies - I even had the lunch box; man, I was in!
'Spawn' was my favorite growing up, but I loved 'X-Men' and the 'Hulk' too.
The whole world makes comic book movies now.
I'm not a fan of the Michael Keaton 'Batman,' which came out in 1989.
At a certain point people want to see other movies besides comic book movies so you have to be really careful what you're going to pick, and how many are going to be released within a year.
I started working as a movie writer and a movie producer... all the way back to 'Teen Wolf' and 'Commando.' All of those experiences, plus working both at DC and at Marvel - each of those things are bricks in the wall.
