“At least you used to know 'there's the villain, there's the good guy', but today there are more shades of grey.” Quote by Charles Roven
“The story of Kal-El is actually a great story about adoption. He is an alien who has embraced his human side. As much as he loves and honours his heritage, and he needed to know where he came from and discover who he was, he has to decide who he is going to be.” KnowsHumansStoriesSidesNeededAliensHonourHeritageAdoption Author:Charles Roven
“Even in our business, as is the world, we are in the age of specialisation. You see a lot of names of producers on a movie. If you have the idea, if you oversee the development, if you oversee the production, if you help package the movie, you sell the movie - you can be a producer. There's not a lot of us who do the whole gamut.” IfsWorldIdeasWholeHelpingAgeNamesDevelopmentSellsProductionsProducersPackages Author:Charles Roven
“It's rare that I'm working on a movie and that's the case. My goal is the same, ultimately at a certain point you give it to the director and their vision. You're there to support that vision.” GivingCertainGoalVisionCasesSupportDirectors Author:Charles Roven
“There is an expectation with a superhero film that there is spectacle and action but there also has to be heart. Striking that balance is really important.” HeartImportantActionFilmBalanceExpectationsSuperhero Author:Charles Roven
“You think that it must be great to be Superman but it's also hard to be Superman, especially when growing up.” ThinkingHardGrowing UpGrowing Author:Charles Roven
“The Ironman World Championship is the hardest race I've competed in. Not only do the elements (heat, wind, humidity) make it grueling, but the quality of the field makes it a true test.” WorldRaceQualityFieldsWindElementsTestsHardestHeatChampionshipHumidityIronman Author:Timothy O'Donnell
“I came from advertising. For me it's about protecting the director's vision. That's always the goal. There's keeping things on budget and on time and dealing with selling the movie so that to me is a focus. But also it's about serving the script. We are genre filmmakers, those are the films we love to make, so my perspective is a little different.” LittlesDifferentFilmGoalVisionFocusPerspectiveDirectorsScriptsSellingAdvertisingGenreBudgetsFilmmakerServing Author:Charles Roven
“I like to compete in a suit that will help me save me time and energy by reducing drag, so I race in Aqua Sphere's Energize Compression Speedsuit. The speedsuit also compresses the core muscles to damp vibration, which lessens muscle fatigue, leaving me fresher for the bike and run.” HelpingRunningEnergyRaceLeavingCoreSuitsMusclesHelp MeSpheresDragBikeLeaving MeFatigueVibrationsReducingSave MeTime And EnergyDampCompressionAqua Author:Timothy O'Donnell
“My favorite piece of tech gear is my SRM power meter. It's the most accurate power meter on the market.” PiecesMy FavoriteAccurateGearsMeter Author:Timothy O'Donnell
“I think that Superman is the pinnacle of the DC Universe. Our feeling always was that you need to get Superman right. That was also our goal. We didn't want to ignore that this universe exists.” ThinkingWantNeedsFeelingsUniverseGoalPinnacle Author:Charles Roven