When you have to react to a lizard that's a tennis ball, it's a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.
There's a bigger universe at hand.
I was a Marvel guy. I started reading comics when I was a kid.
Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.
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.
It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.