Committed Quote by Max Landis

'Frankenstein' feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms.

— Kenneth Branagh

I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.

— Peter Benchley

Frankenstein feels like an ancient tale, the kind of traditional story that appears in many other forms. It appeals to something very primal, but…

— Kenneth Branagh

I wanted to connect a modern story with a myth that I had read.

— Wally Lamb

I've always loved Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. There's this wonderful chapter in which we get a first-person account of the monster's first impressions of the…

— Mordicai Gerstein

In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the…

— Baz Luhrmann

Frankenstein can be a metaphor for abandonment, or wanting to be accepted for who you are, or not liking who you are and wanting…

— Kevin Grevioux

'Frankenstein' was all about the idea that, through electricity and the destruction of night, man creating light and darkness, we took on god-like powers…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I always take a story that's kind of out there, like an urban myth. I take some possibility that people imagine, that they are…

— Cecelia Ahern

Sometimes you pick up on the myth and it's just an accident. I think it comes naturally out of people, and some people are…

— Brie Larson

I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.

— Anne Enright

I love a great myth. I love a superhero origin story.

— Patty Jenkins