Josh Trank Quotes

I only help the superheroes, I don't help the villains.

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.

I think at this point in my life, I'd like to play more good guys than bad guys.

I was looking to explore the theme of good and evil, so what better inspiration than the comics? I'd developed a relationship with DC and Warner Bros. when I donated a sculpture of Catwoman to the 'We Can Be Heroes' campaign a few years ago. That's what started it.

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys.

The most unrealistic thing I've ever read in comics is when some group of characters calls themselves the Brotherhood of Evil or the Masters of Evil. I don't believe any character believes their goals to be truly evil.

I'm going to try to play some good guys for a while and just see how that is. It's hard to enjoy them as much as the bad guys, and the clothes are nowhere near as good. Good guys don't wear nice suits!

I've played many criminals, but I loved playing somebody on the right side of the law who had a family and who had ethics.

I got taught a lot of great lessons by superhero comics as a kid about virtue and self-sacrifice and responsibility. And those were an important part of imprinting my DNA with ethical and moral values.

I think a lot of superheroes seem to have the same value system; they just have a different costume. They're all doing exactly the same thing.

I liked the clear morality of 1941, when you had no doubt about good and evil. There was a lot of idealism, people fighting for a cause. People are searching for morality today.

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

I think most people know inherently that good wins.

In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

There are good characters and bad characters.

On 'CSI: NY,' the audience knew I was a really good guy, and I caught the bad guy.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

The Lone Ranger is going to be one of those iconic characters that never rides off into the sunset. We need heroes like him - an underdog who fights the good fight, doesn't kill, and has some serious mojo when the chips are down.

The sins of teachers are the teachers of sin.

The truth is that there is no terror untempered by some great moral idea.

There is the moral spectrum in 'Fargo,' and you see it in other Coen brothers movies, where you have a very good character on one end and a very bad character on the other.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

What are movies for if not to have the good guys triumph over the bad ones?