“When you get that opportunity to be honest and open with somebody, for the first time, and share things about yourself that you haven't been able to share before, that you might be scared of or ashamed about, that's really exhilarating, and I think that's something that people will really identify with.” PeopleThinkingFirstsMightAbleOpportunityShareHonestHavensFirst TimeScaredBeing HonestAshamedAbout YourselfExhilarating Author:Marc Webb
“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
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsLongDifferentSelfDifferencesAudienceFairsTrackComplicatedDifferent WaysConsistentRelatableDemographics Author:Marc Webb
“I think one of the things about Peter Parker that is so great, and what has made him and Spider-Man last so long is he is a kid that we all feel connected to, he's not an alien, he's not a millionaire, he's just this kid that has trouble asking girls out.” ThinkingMenFeelsLongMadeKidsLastsGirlTroubleAskingConnectedAliensPeterSpidersMillionaireSpider ManPeter Parker Author:Marc Webb
“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.” ThinkingKnowsWorldImportantRunningSocialProtectPeterOutsidersTimelessGeekIconicSocial NetworkOutside Looking InPeter Parker Author:Marc Webb
“I think that the dramas that you find in TV are actually a lot more interesting, typically, than what you find in cinema.” ThinkingInterestingTvsDramaCinema Author:Marc Webb
“Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [called “The Social Network”] about it. Nerds are no longer pariahs and knowing how to write computer code is longer a [mocked] quality. What was important in those early comics was this notion that Peter Parker is an outsider and how we define that in a contemporary context. That, I think, was one of the challenges for us — getting Peter Parker’s outsider status to be current.” ThinkingWorldWritingMadeImportantRunningSocialChallengesQualityKnowingComputerNotionCurrentsContemporaryCodePeterOutsidersNerdSocial NetworkAndrewPariahsGarfieldPeter Parker Author:Marc Webb
