Jon Watts

I wouldn't say that I was a Spider-Man super fan.

— Jon Watts

Film is a temporal medium as much as it is a visual medium: you're playing with time, and you don't have that…

— Jon Watts

It's all about making an experience. You go to the movies to see something you've never seen before. You want to get…

— Jon Watts

I had a recurring stress dream since I was a kid 10 years old. My friend Travis is driving, and I'm afraid…

— Jon Watts

Talking to someone you have a crush on is as scary as fighting a super-villain.

— Jon Watts

I think it helps if you have a clear vision of what you want.

— Jon Watts

I've always pre-vized my movies, just on my own. Even when it was, like, zero-budget things, I used this programme to do…

— Jon Watts

There's a lot of similarities, I think, between a thriller and a comedy because it's all about tension. It's about building tension…

— Jon Watts

If you think about it, now that Spider-Man is in the Marvel universe, that means that Peter Parker was probably, like, eight…

— Jon Watts

I have a tendency to check out when the stakes are too high in a movie.

— Jon Watts

When you're getting to do what you want to do, you just assume you're going to hit a point where someone is…

— Jon Watts

I only realized I could potentially make movies after seeing 'Ed Wood.'

— Jon Watts

I just remember having the President's Fitness Challenge when I was in elementary school and middle school. You had to do different…

— Jon Watts

I didn't even think anyone would want to make 'Cop Car,' and then I didn't think anyone would want to distribute 'Cop…

— Jon Watts

If Spider-Man is your ground level superhero, I wanted to come up with a ground-level villain. I wanted to figure out if…

— Jon Watts

What's nice about having kids close to the age they're playing is that you can actually capture awkwardness.

— Jon Watts

When you make a movie for a really low budget, it makes you really strict. You have to plan things down to…

— Jon Watts

Something I learned early on in my career is there's no use trying to fool anybody about what you want to do…

— Jon Watts

I had no problem relating to Peter Parker. He feels like he might be in way over his head but is desperate…

— Jon Watts

I wouldn't say I was a massive comic fan growing up, just because I now know people that really are, and I…

— Jon Watts

I was going to be a chemical engineer - I was a science nerd - that was the plan. I secretly applied…

— Jon Watts

Big movie or small movie, you make this thing, and then you show it to people, and you just hope they like…

— Jon Watts

By having Spider-Man exist in the same universe as the Guardians of the Galaxy... C'mon, that opens up so many possibilities!

— Jon Watts

To me, the best comedies get a little dark, and the best thrillers are a little bit funny. So I'm not exactly…

— Jon Watts

'The Onion' is an amazing place to work because it's a bunch of really smart, collaborative writers who aren't afraid to try…

— Jon Watts