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

I just like that dynamic in relationships in movies where they're kind of lovers as rivals, you know?

There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on his shoulder.

When you dont inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.

I think it's really important, when you're redefining a character [ Spider-Man], for the audience to experience things that they haven't experienced, from the ground up. I wanted to build a character. I feel like point of view is a really crucial thing in the story, and that you need to build up the emotional building blocks, so that you can experience all the other emotions in a very specific way, rather than just experiencing it in an intellectual way.

There's a bigger universe at hand.

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