Iman Vellani

I grew up in Markham.

— Iman Vellani

You're not gonna impress everyone.

— Iman Vellani

Fantasizing is fun!

— Iman Vellani

When I'm sad I'll rewatch 'Iron Man.'

— Iman Vellani

Marvel fandom is demanding.

— Iman Vellani

The Marvels' is a fun movie, it's a good time.

— Iman Vellani

I mean, I'm so far removed from the film industry.

— Iman Vellani

With dreams, you can do literally whatever you want.

— Iman Vellani

I can't do my taxes, but I've seen 'Iron Man 1' a hundred million times.

— Iman Vellani

I just had the fattest crush on Iron Man, and I wanted more Iron Man.

— Iman Vellani

It's hard writing for 16-year-old kids.

— Iman Vellani

I live in Markham, Ontario, and no one even knows where that is.

— Iman Vellani

AvengerCon is what my dreams look like.

— Iman Vellani

Ms. Marvel' is really about allowing fans to live in fantasyland. It's cool to imagine a fan getting superpowers.

— Iman Vellani

A lot of the time you forget that movies are entertainment, and they're just a couple fun hours of escapism.

— Iman Vellani

I've listened to Bollywood music willingly now. That's a huge character development for me, I must say.

— Iman Vellani

Marvel is one of the most accessible franchises in the entire world, and film and TV totally shape how we see people…

— Iman Vellani

It's so important to to find people who are like-minded and connect with your passions.

— Iman Vellani

My entire family is very academic; my brother's an engineer, my mom's a nurse practitioner, my dad's an accountant.

— Iman Vellani

My school was right across from a comic book shop. I'd often go there to read the 'Invincible Iron Man' comics.

— Iman Vellani

I think that aspiration to be greater than who you are is such a universal feeling, regardless of gender identity.

— Iman Vellani

Our book will absolutely reflect all those core themes of identity that the 'Ms. Marvel' comics have consistently explored - only now…

— Iman Vellani

I have a brother who's six years older than me and we only ever watched stuff that he wanted to watch -…

— Iman Vellani

Film and TV shape how we see people, and so when Muslims are represented in a very one-note type of way, that's…

— Iman Vellani

I think my parents, being immigrants, wanted us to try new things. They would never be the ones to be like, 'Just…

— Iman Vellani

I got interested in cinematography when I started watching Ingmar Bergman movies and a lot of Agnes Varda. But acting's working out…

— Iman Vellani

There's the subreddits, the fan forums, fan fic, cosplay and fan art. Then there's breaking down the trailers, frame-by-frame, and breaking down…

— Iman Vellani

I felt like my culture was taboo, which is so wrong. And I, you know, I felt like everything that my family…

— Iman Vellani

Marvel has always championed that idea of finding this idealized version of yourself through their characters - a version of yourself that…

— Iman Vellani

Watching yourself is like the most cursed thing ever. Like, I don't know what I look like, and I realize that now.…

— Iman Vellani

I'm not on social media. I hear things that my mother tells me though.

— Iman Vellani

I knew absolutely no one in the film industry.

— Iman Vellani

I was born in Pakistan, and we moved to Canada when I was 1.

— Iman Vellani

I grew up with the MCU, but when I was in seventh grade, something clicked.

— Iman Vellani

High school was really confusing for me.

— Iman Vellani

Having Stephen King in anyone's corner is pretty awesome.

— Iman Vellani

Isn't that what we all kind of want, to feel like we belong?

— Iman Vellani

Oh God, Reddit was a huge outlet for me.

— Iman Vellani

Having something you're passionate about is really important.

— Iman Vellani

Jon Favreau is such a wonderful director.

— Iman Vellani