For me, there were a few things in the Spider-Man comics that I thought were really interesting. There's this story about Peter's parents and where he came from, and I thought that it was really interesting to explore the emotional… — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
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… — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [called “The Social Network”] about it. Nerds are no longer pariahs and knowing how… — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
Romance: That's one of the things that makes Spider-Man really unique, in terms of the comic books. There is a tender, romantic quality to… — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He… — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place. — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them. — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
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. — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
Something you can do in a comic that you can't do in a film is that you can have thought bubbles. — Marc Webb Copy Share Image
![“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…” quote by Marc Webb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/006/marc-webb-19901_andrew_nerds-are-running-the-world-andrew-garfi_365540.jpg)
![“There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on his shoulder.” quote by Marc Webb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/69c/marc-webb-19901_chips_there-s-a-punk-rock-quality-to-peter-par_780909.jpg)
