There's a bigger universe at hand.

For me, there were a few things in the Spider-Man comics that I thought were really interesting. There's this story about Peter's parents and where he came from, and I thought that it was really interesting to explore the emotional consequence of someone whose parents had left them, at a very young age.

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

One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when you're doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame.

Something you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles.

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

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.