I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.
'Magneto' believes that 'Cyclops' and 'Wolverine' both serve a good purpose. But he believes the help they provide only goes so far.
I was late to the franchise; 'Days of Future Past' was the first X-Men movie I saw.
'X-Men: First Class' was fun.
My little cousin tells me I look like Magneto so I guess that's who I should probably play.
Every significant book at Marvel had its key antagonist. 'The Fantastic Four' had Doctor Doom; 'Spider-Man' had Doc Ock, among others; Thor had Loki, if not Surtur. Without Magneto, the X-Men had nobody.
If you think the X-Men are going to be push-overs, think again! Far better men than you have pledged their destruction ... yet the X-Men are still here.
On the day after 9/11, I walking through the smoke and the smells of New York. There were knots of policemen everywhere. As I went past one officer, he called out: "Hi, Magneto." That's an indication of X-Men's extraordinary reach.
My view of Magneto is that he's the terrorist who might someday evolve into a statesman.
I'm a fan of X-men.
When it comes to X-Men, Ice Man is my favorite.
Magneto is classically known for being, like, a caricature of a supervillain who gives a lot of speeches, likes to fly up, teach people a lesson, make society look at themselves.
My resonance to Magneto and Xavier was borne more out of the Holocaust. It was coming face to face with evil, and how do you respond to it? In Magneto's case it was violence begets violence. In Xavier's it was the constant attempt to find a better way.
I've never produced a series, so for me [X-men] was a wonderful challenge.
I think 'Magneto' is definitely an anti-hero. He's fighting for the right thing, but his methods are far too extreme. He's not above breaking the law, stretching the limits of what is moral and putting evil to work for good.
I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
I've been exposed to a ton of 'Magneto' stories over the years, and they all influence me.
Writing 'Magneto' as part of a team took a little getting used to.
I did the X-Men, and I plotted the stories, and Roy Thomas dialogued them. And that first set of comic books that I did are the plot that the first X-Men movie was taken from, where Magneto invents a machine that turns regular humans into mutants. That's my idea.
I am ashamed to say I auditioned three times before I even watched any of the [X-Men] movies. And then after I watched the movies, I was like, "Oh my God, I've been doing it all wrong, why are they calling me back?
