“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.” ThinkingMenWayNeedsFeelsImportantCharacterStoriesWantedViewsEmotionAudienceHavensBuildingEmotionalIntellectualPoint Of ViewBlockCrucialSpidersSpider ManBuilding BlocksRedefining Author:Marc Webb
“I think that Spider-Man is a part of our culture. He's a perennial character. He's something that's constantly reexamined and there are so many versions of him in the comics that it was something that I thought that we could do cinematically. He belongs on the big screen.” ThinkingMenCharacterBigsCultureScreensVersionsSpidersSpider ManBig Screen Author:Marc Webb
“It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.” ImportantRealCharacterEmotionGrounded Author:Marc Webb
“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.” HardCharacterSimpleTvsDramaDirectAvailableDrivenGenre Author:Marc Webb