I think that if you make something that's relatable then people will attach themselves to it. You can express it in a lot of different ways but I feel like as long as you are consistent and fair with the audience they'll engage irrespective of how they self-identify. I think it just gets too complicated to track all those differences between demographics.

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 really hard to find just a simple character-driven drama, outside of a genre, that was available to direct, except for on TV.

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

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

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

There's a bigger universe at hand.