15 Quotes by Robin Lord Taylor

I got my agents right out of school, and I booked my first commercial right away. It was always enough to not quit and do something else.

I grew up in a very 'Friday Night Lights,' sports-focused town. I did not play the sports. I was never bullied physically, but I was called names. I was also an overweight kid. I knew what it's like to feel like the other, to feel written off for things that were not in my control - my appearance, my interests.

'Batman Returns' was a huge movie and one of my favorites growing up. It's incredible.

My whole life, I heard, 'Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg.' It's all I heard throughout elementary school.

I wasn't as big a comic book aficionado as some of my friends, but I definitely had some Batman comics.

I've seen all the Batman movies in the theater opening weekend. I was a big Batman fan, definitely.

You move to New York. You want to be the biggest, most fully realized version of yourself you can be. A lot of that is fueled by this desire to not feel small, and to make a name for myself and establish myself in a way that wasn't expected of me.

I initially thought I would be an architect, maybe. So I went to architecture camp and quickly learned that I did not want to be an architect. I was like, 'No. This is not for me.'

I loved theater growing up, and my mom always took us to the touring productions that would come through town. We would go to Chicago all the time and see shows. I loved it.