Denis Villeneuve Quotes

I always thought, like everyone, that Hollywood was a superhero factory.

Denis Villeneuve

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• If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • People
  • Car
  • Dog

• People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • People
  • Up
  • Movie

• My daily beauty regimen consists of washing my face before bed and putting on moisturizer.

  

  Rachel Bilson
  • Beauty
  • Daily
  • Face

• One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Important
  • Think
  • Culture

• I've never done a superhero movie. It's very nice to you as an actor in several worlds to go and to experiment.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Done
  • Movie
  • Nice

• I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing.

  

  Uzo Aduba
  • People
  • Know
  • Theater

• Children up to the age of seven are like sponges. They look up to adults and copy what they do. So I thought if I could create a positive role model - a superhero, if you like - who moves around and has a balanced lifestyle - then they would be motivated to move more.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • Up
  • Children
  • Age

• I thought, 'Oh, this is great,' because maybe someone who does look like me will watch 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and realize that they can be an actor if they want to be, or they can be a superhero. They can have a hero that looks like them as well.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Great
  • Thought
  • Hero

• I like Ned Leeds. I love the character so much. He's a very new character in the MCU. I think he's a very fresh take on people in the superhero world. Some superheroes crack under pressure, and Ned Leeds, who is not a superhero, doesn't.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • People
  • World
  • Love

• I've always loved the power of stories to transport me to another world, to imagine extraordinary possibilities, to experience things I may not have access to in my regular life - like being a superhero! Also, I would always put on shows for my family and the neighbors; I guess I was an actor before I even knew it.

  

  Kandyse McClure
  • Life
  • World
  • Family

• The Dark Satirist, like the Dark Knight - that could be a good name for a superhero.

  

  Bassem Youssef
  • Good
  • Dark
  • Name

• If I could play any superhero... my favorite superhero is Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is wonderful at doing it to the point that I don't think I should play it.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Think
  • Doing
  • Superhero

• As a kid, when most of my friends were into Superman and Batman, there was only one superhero who held my interest - The Green Hornet.

  

  Gavin O'Connor
  • Friends
  • Green
  • Superhero

• I'm very driven, and I always have been. So I'd like to release a successful album, continue in musical theatre, and be more involved in business.

  

  Gareth Gates
  • Business
  • Always
  • Theatre

• When 'Iron Man' came out, I said, 'Oh - they are trying to have some fun.' It was a relief because every superhero movie had become so damn serious. Some people love that, but for me, it's a weird thing to watch. A man with a cape can have fun, but I won't listen to a lecture from him.

  

  Baltasar Kormakur
  • People
  • Fun
  • Serious

• Being a superhero is a metaphor for a job that is overwhelming.

  

  Laeta Kalogridis
  • Job
  • Superhero

• I want young women to see my name on 'Avengers Assembled' and to know that there are women who write mainstream superhero comics, and if it is something that interests them, it can be done.

  

  Kelly Sue DeConnick
  • Women
  • Done
  • Superhero

• It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

  

  Lorenzo di Bonaventura
  • Work

• After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well.

  

  Brian K. Vaughan
  • Power
  • Political
  • Identity

• I think I'd make a great superhero. I'm serious. I want to play a superhero, and I've already got one in mind. I think I've still got the body for the costume, and it's something I really want to do.

  

  Dennis Haysbert
  • Great
  • Mind
  • Serious

• I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet of Balquhidder in the Scottish highlands.

  

  James Black
  • Family
  • Hamlet

• I'm a classical type of guy. Whatever's out at that point in time, I like it. I just put my own twist on it, and we go from there.

  

  Carmelo Anthony
  • Time
  • Guy

• When I went to Impact, it was me proving myself on a daily basis to a lot of different people. I mean, I had matches with Austin Aries, matches with Jeff Hardy, Bobby Roode, Drew McIntyre. I mean, I wrestled everyone. During that time, I wasn't just sitting back saying, 'Man, I hope WWE picks me up. I hope they see me. I hope to get back.'

  

  Bobby Lashley
  • I Hope
  • Matches
  • Proving

• I always thought, like everyone, that Hollywood was a superhero factory.

  

  Denis Villeneuve
  • Superhero