45 Quotes by Marc Webb

Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.

When you dont inherit an identity you have to define it on your own.

I just like that dynamic in relationships in movies where they're kind of lovers as rivals, you know?

Working with the actors, working with production designers, working with the creative people who surround the process is really fun, it’s really inspiring and I take great pleasure in working with them. That’s what’s most fun about directing.

Romance: That’s one of the things that makes Spider-Man really unique, in terms of the comic books. There is a tender, romantic quality to it. And certainly, that’s something that’s always fascinated me about the cinema: good romance.

Audiences can tell when you’re being fake and they will eat you alive. But if you’re doing something authentic they will connect to it and that can lead to commercial success.

When you have to react to a lizard that’s a tennis ball, it’s a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.

It’s very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.

I think one of the things about Peter Parker that is so great, and what has made him and Spider-Man last so long is he is a kid that we all feel connected to, he’s not an alien, he’s not a millionaire, he’s just this kid that has trouble asking girls out.