Character Quote by Katy O'Brian

I loved Spider-Man, Superman, Batman, but I was always keenly aware that people who looked like me could not look like that.

— Simu Liu

I grew up watching television. I'm a television addict. I had all these heroes, but they didn't look like me.

— Cress Williams

Growing up, I remember watching TV, and I didn't see a lot of people who looked like me, especially someone who passed as a…

— Hannah Simone

In my entire life, I'd wondered why there were no superheroes out there that looked like me.

— Simu Liu

I read some Marvel, but I was more of a DC guy. Particularly the Flash, Barry Allen. I latched on to him because I…

— Greg Berlanti

I spent my life playing heroes because I looked like one.

— Roger Moore

I never imagined myself playing a superhero because I don't see myself the way superheroes have been portrayed or shown to me my entire…

— Krysten Ritter

I wouldn't say I was a massive comic fan growing up, just because I now know people that really are, and I would never…

— Jon Watts

My heroes, growing up, were people like Andy Kaufman and Groucho Marx and people that very rarely drop the persona.

— Bobcat Goldthwait

I try to bring elements of my own personality to every character I've played, but I think I'm pretty similar to the character I'm…

— Lizzy Caplan

I'm a fan of characters wherever they come from. Truth be told, I wasn't a big comic book fan growing up. Maybe that helps…

— Roger Craig Smith

Maybe this is because I'm a comics historian as much as anything else, but I really have a deep-seated respect for the characters that…

— Mark Waid