45 Quotes by Marc Webb

Geeks are running the world, anyone who's seen The Social Network knows the dynamic has shifted, but what I think is iconic and timeless about Peter Parker is that he's an outsider, on the outside looking in, and that was something I thought was very important to protect.

I think that the dramas that you find in TV are actually a lot more interesting, typically, than what you find in cinema.

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 define that in a contemporary context. That, I think, was one of the challenges for us — getting Peter Parker’s outsider status to be current.

There's a bigger universe at hand.

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.

One of my life philosophies is that you have a choice to make when youre doing something creative. You can be cheesy... or you can be lame.

I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them.

I was a Marvel guy. I started reading comics when I was a kid.

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.