Superhero Quotes - Page 11

• Superhero movies and comic books teach a lesson that runs directly counter to the culture-of-violence idea: guns are for bad guys too cowardly to fight like men.

  Stephen King

  Running, Book, Fighting

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• I guess Satan was the first superhero [...] In his first adventure, he took the form of a snake to free two prisoners being held naked in a Third World jungle prison by an all-powerful megalomaniac. At the same time, he broadened their diet and introduced them to their own sexuality.

  Joe Hill

  Powerful, Adventure, Snakes

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• I'm a really athletic person - I'm not that coordinated, but I'm really athletic, so I would play a superhero doing my own stunts in a heartbeat. But hopefully not taking swings at people. That's not a good idea for me.

  Selma Blair

  People, Athletic, Heartbeat

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• I was always looking up to supermodels. They were, like, my superheroes.

  Kendall Jenner

  Supermodel

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I don't know, I'll probably make the first superhero movie that bombs.

  Harvey Weinstein

  Movie, Bombs, Actors

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. December 13, 2011.

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• If I ever do anything, it actually might be some fantasy elf thing or even some cute, funny thing. Just to do something a little bit out of the ordinary. I've done my superhero gig.

  Todd McFarlane

  Cute, Artist, Funny Things

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• I look at the Christian Bale movies, the Batman films, and that shows you that superhero movies don't just have to be about men in tights.

  James McAvoy

  Christian, Men, Looks

  "'X-Men: First Class': James McAvoy calls it 'a love story' like Butch and Sundance". Interview with Geoff Boucher, herocomplex.latimes.com. February 23, 2011.

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• I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

  Ang Lee

  Hero, Character, Thinking

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• When you're growing up, your dad is your superhero. Once you've let yourself fall that in love with someone, once you put him on such a high pedestal and he lets you down, you never want to experience that pain again.

  Jay-Z

  Growing Up, Pain, Dad

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. October 2009.

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• I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.

  LeBron James

  Inspirational, Basketball, Men

  "LeBron James is next" by Tom Friend, www.espn.com. December 23, 2002.

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• What I feel like - 'cause I wanna be married, of course - I feel like the type of girl I would be with is a fellow superhero. So we get that 'already flying and now we're just flying together' thing.

  Kanye West

  Cute, Girl, Flying

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• I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Men, Call Me

  "LeBron James is next" by Tom Friend, www.espn.com. December 23, 2002.

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• There's a part of every woman that wants to be some wild seductress or superhero.

  Alana de la Garza

  Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Unfortunately, we are very poor with PR skills but in serving people- we are superhero.

  Ghulam Nabi Azad

  Skills, People, Poor

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• Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman and was one of the first female superheroes. It gives me more of an encouragement that we can be strong and can do whatever a guy can do.

  Thuy Trang

  Encouragement, Strong, Giving

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• I don't really think that very much is interesting about the superhero as an archetype.

  Alan Moore

  Thinking, Interesting, Archetype

  "Legendary Comics Writer Alan Moore on Superheroes, The League, and Making Magic". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. February 23, 2009.

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• By the time of the '90s boom, CEOs had become superheroes, accorded celebrity treatment and followed with a kind of slavish scrutiny that Alfred P. Sloan could never have imagined.

  James Surowiecki

  Kind, Treatment, Scrutiny

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• Superhero stories are kind of in my DNA from childhood on, so I think I'm genetically drawn to playing in the genre when the opportunity presents itself.

  J. Michael Straczynski

  Opportunity, Thinking, Dna

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• People, they think that animation is a style. Animation is just a technique. It's like, people, they think that comics is a style, like comics is a superhero story. Comic is just a narration, and is a medium, you can say any kind of story in comics and you can say of any kind of story in animation.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Thinking, People, Style

  Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. January 14, 2008.

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• I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.

  Salman Rushdie

  Thinking, Experts, World

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• I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.

  Apolo Ohno

  Football, Dad, Team

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• It has occurred to me that the superhero really only originates in America. That seems to be the only country that has produced this phenomenon.

  Alan Moore

  Country, America, Phenomenon

  "Legendary Comics Writer Alan Moore on Superheroes, The League, and Making Magic". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. February 23, 2009.

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• I definitely read the comic books and got as familiar with the comic books as possible. I was always a fan of Spider-Man and most superheroes. There aren't a whole lot of little boys out there that aren't.

  Chris Zylka

  Book, Men, Boys

  "Chris Zylka Wanted A Deeper Flash Thompson For 'Amazing Spider-Man'". Interview with Ryan J. Downey, www.mtv.com. May 3, 2012.

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• The measure of a superhero is always his nemesis.

  David Lyons

  Nemesis

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Superheroes are mostly aimed at young teen-age males concerned with their manhood. The medium will have to address itself more to content. . . . I see 22 year olds draw massive Schwarzenegger types, outfitted with metal studs, pressing a mostly naked woman to their breastplates. And I think Poor girl, thats got to be cold.

  Will Eisner

  Girl, Thinking, Years

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