Stan Lee Quotes About Superheroes

Quotes about: Superheroes

• The thing to me that's fun is trying to make the characters seem believable, or realistic. And it's especially challenging when you're doing fantasy stories, when you're doing superhero types of things.

  Stan Lee

  Fun, Character, Superhero

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 20, 2001.

• Superheroes? In New York? Give me a break!

  Stan Lee

  New York, Giving, Superhero

  "The Avengers", www.imdb.com. 2012.

• I think if I were a superhero saving the world, I'd expect at least not to have to pay income taxes. I mean there should be something in it for a hero who risks his life to save mankind every day.

  Stan Lee

  Hero, Mean, Thinking

  "Stan Lee on Upcoming Marvel Cameos & Our 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Giveaway". Interview with Rob Keyes, screenrant.com. April 30, 2015.

• You remember when Tobey Maguire was first selected, most of the fans were angry. They felt, what kind of a guy is that for a superhero? Nobody thought it was a good idea. Yet he turned out to be great. The people at Marvel who do these things are really pretty smart. If they chose this guy, he'll probably be terrific.

  Stan Lee

  Smart, Ideas, People

• I think superheroes are bigger than life and they're very colorful.

  Stan Lee

  Thinking, Superhero, Bigger Than Life

• When I was a kid, I loved reading Sherlock Holmes. Now, you don't think of him as a superhero, but he was so damn much smarter than anybody else.

  Stan Lee

  Reading, Kids, Thinking

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 20, 2001.

• I hated teenagers in comics because they were always sidekicks. And I always felt if I were a superhero, there's no way I'd pal around with some teenager, you know.

  Stan Lee

  Teenager, Superhero, Sidekicks

  Source: www.npr.org

• I'm as excited as a kid with a new toy to be able to create a unique, exciting, urban superhero for a magazine that I respect as much as VIBE.

  Stan Lee

  Kids, Unique, Superhero

• The public always loves anything that's different, as long as it's well-made, if it's well-done. You never know what to expect when you go to one of these so-called superhero movies.

  Stan Lee

  Long, Superhero, Different

  "Stan Lee Delves Into the Past of Iron Man". Press conference, www.movieweb.com. September 30, 2008.

• I think kids love superheroes, and the more you can crowd into a story, the more excited they get.

  Stan Lee

  Kids, Thinking, Superhero

  Source: www.hbook.com

• A superhero's catchphrase should be like a really memorable advertising slogan. It sticks in your head and you can't stop humming it. And let's face it, superheroes are just really selling themselves as products.

  Stan Lee

  Memorable, Superhero, Faces

• To my way of thinking, whether it's a superhero movie or a romance or a comedy or whatever, the most important thing is you've got to care about the characters. You've got to understand the characters and you've got to be interested. If the characters are interesting, you're half-way home.

  Stan Lee

  Home, Character, Thinking

  "Stan Lee Delves Into the Past of Iron Man". Press conference, www.movieweb.com. September 30, 2008.

• I couldn't say no when I received that offer [to re-invent the DC characters]... How can any writer say no to the opportunity of redoing every one of DC's top superheroes?

  Stan Lee

  Character, Opportunity, Superhero

  Source: www.ign.com

• I thought it would be great to do superheroes that have the same kind of life problems that any reader - that anybody could have.

  Stan Lee

  Superhero, Would Be, Kind

  "Comic book king Stan Lee loves the everyday superhero". Interview with B.J. Hammerstein, www.usatoday.com. May 17, 2013.

• If you have superheroes or characters that exist in the same world, and you're doing movies of them, wouldn't it be fun to put a couple of them together in one movie? Audiences love that. It's a natural thing to do that.

  Stan Lee

  Couple, Fun, Character

  "Stan Lee Delves Into the Past of Iron Man". Interview with Brian Gallagher, www.movieweb.com. September 30, 2008.

• I think I've got 12... Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman, Plastic-Man, Green Lantern, Sandman, The Justice League, The Atom Legion of Superheroes and Teen Titans.... Just about all of their top titles.

  Stan Lee

  Men, Thinking, League

  Source: www.ign.com

• The cliché I tried to avoid was I hated "teenage sidekicks." I always figured if I were a superhero, there's no way on God's earth that I'm gonna pal around with some teenager. So my publisher insisted I have a teenager in the series, because they always felt teenagers won't read the books unless there's a teenager in the story; which is nonsense.

  Stan Lee

  Teenage, Book, Superhero

  Source: movieweb.com

• It's amazing what these superhero movies have become.

  Stan Lee

  Superhero

  Source: nerdist.com

• I have a reputation for doing superheroes, but I like all kinds of writing. In fact, hardly anybody knows this, but I've probably written as many humor stories as superhero stories.

  Stan Lee

  Writing, Superhero, Stories

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 20, 2001.

• I was in the beginning when [comic book superheroes] started, but not anymore. Now I expect it. I've gotten very used to it.

  Stan Lee

  Book, Superhero, Comic

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