Superhero Franchises Quotes

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

I think about it, and I realize there's been some version of a Batman or Spiderman or Superman franchise since I was a boy, since before I was a boy.

DC are playing catch up with Marvel because of things like 'The Avengers' breaking six hundred million domestic.

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.

Every DC or Marvel property is constantly getting reinvented because we love these characters. They're so iconic, and we want to watch them over and over again.

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 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.

It's something that was very interesting to me to be a part of and all of them again because of the relationship. Some of the superhero movies are better than others.

I've been seeing superhero movies as long as I can remember. I don't think they're going anywhere.

I love superhero movies.

I'm just an actor who happened to love these [Marvel] comics when I was a kid, and got to rediscover them.

Marvel just does things differently.

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

It's much easier to make a Superman or Batman film than a Green Lantern film.

Movies have kind of become a tad bit uninspired, in that the big studio movies are spending more money to chase the big money with all these franchises and superhero movies. Some of them have been great, but some of them are a little tiresome.

It may be true that the only reason the comic book industry now exists is for this purpose, to create characters for movies, board games and other types of merchandise.

I just kind of stumbled into this Marvel thing with 'Spider-Man.' It's been great. I love it, it keeps me in town, it keeps me busy, and it's a lot of fun.

It can't really happen today the way it did back then and part of that is because I think there's a bit of a competitive scare over at Marvel and DC so they lock guys up with exclusive contracts.

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.'

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 enjoyed reading Batman, and Superman, and all the super ones, but I never wished I created them. I've got to let there be some work for other people!