The animated books pay the lowest rates at the Big Two and you can forget about royalties.

Comic artists have always been part of my social circle. I just like hanging out with artists, and I always see them at conventions or a store signing or something. "Hey, we should do something together."

I think exactly the same qualities as men [women role model needs], exactly the same, which is kindness, courage and intelligence.

Would you rather see a super soldier battling Nazis or something more serious? Or lesbians down a coal mine? Generally, the films are engaging in the same way as the comics are. It's no coincidence that the biggest movies are genre-related, whether it's Lord of the Rings or comic books.

The lovely thing is, if Marvel had a Spider-Man movie over at Sony or something, they own the rights to the character, and the editors and producers make suggestions and get notes and things. But you're talking about Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman. They're two of the best people in the world. The notes are just things like, "This is absolutely brilliant."

When you don't have time to do your job, that's a good indication you're playing the wrong game.

Guess that's thirty-one pieces of silver you've got now, huh? Sleep well, Judas.