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

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

Working with the actors, working with production designers, working with the creative people who surround the process is really fun, it's really inspiring and I take great pleasure in working with them. That's what's most fun about directing.

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.

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

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

Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.