Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

I was a Marvel guy. I started reading comics when I was a kid.

I think that the dramas that you find in TV are actually a lot more interesting, typically, than what you find in cinema.

Geeks are running the world, anyone who's seen The Social Network knows the dynamic has shifted, but what I think is iconic and timeless about Peter Parker is that he's an outsider, on the outside looking in, and that was something I thought was very important to protect.

It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.

When you have to react to a lizard that's a tennis ball, it's a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.

I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them.