Stan Lee Quotes

Here's a list of some of the folks who have written Swamp Thing over the years: Alan Moore, Len Wein, Scott Snyder, Brian K Vaughan, Joshua Dysart, Rick Veitch, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar. That's not even a full list, but you see my point - ol' Swampy has had some seriously brilliant people behind the keyboard in his time.

I do like Superman as a character, and I have followed him throughout the years.

I'm a lifer for the 'X-Men' movies.

As a director, just to be able to jump in to do something that's different, and to explore comedy and be challenged by that, is great. Some directors never get that opportunity.

I don't mind at all venturing off to do a television movie if it's gonna give me something new to mess around in my mind, to turn around in.

I love what Brian Azzarello did with Wonder Woman.

A friend of mine kind of revealed to me that idea that there has been countless Supermen and Batman. But I'm the first person to play Black Lightning. It's exciting to originate a character.

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

I've always loved the idea of playing Black Adam.

There's a different energy to Spider-Man than there is to Batman.

Inviting artists to do something, you want it to be a place where they're going to feel challenged and excited and that will maybe open up some new doorway in their own lives or their own creative practice.

I am always really respectful of anything that has the kind of longevity and fan base that something like DC Comics has and 'The Flash' series in particular has.

When I was cast in 'Batman v Superman,' I was sent a huge stack of comics. They provided a ton of information about Cyborg and how he has evolved as a character over the years.

I liked The Trickster because he was The Flash's Joker. I liked Solomon Grundy, too.

I read The Flash. I read Green Lantern. I loved Batman.

When I was approached by Warner Bros. and DC about the possibility of directing 'The Flash,' I was excited about the opportunity to enter this amazing world of characters that I loved growing up, and still do to this day.

I auditioned specifically for Cyborg, but at the time, they were using a code name for the character... I think it was Oscar.

As to Batman, turns out I really prefer Robin over the Dark Knight.

With 'Wonder Woman,' I did one story with Alex Ross, and I had a lot of fun doing it, but I don't think I could do a 'Wonder Woman' book on a regular basis, because there's so much history there and so much mythology and everything.

Getting to play a role that hasn't been played is such an honor.

I had no intention of returning to films, but when I was offered 'Drishya,' I felt it was a good project to be associated with.

I started my work on a lot of the 'Batman' books. So I've worked on a 'Batman,' 'Spider-Man,' some of the 'X-Men' books.

Not many people get that chance to have multiple studios wanting you to make a movie with them.

Marvel comics took a chance on me in my youth, allowing me to create so many toys in their sandbox.

To be honest with you, I didn't really read a lot of DC comics as a kid, but I was obsessed with Batman and still am.