One thing I've learned about the Marvel universe is that it's a little bit like God... if you want to make him laugh, just make a plan.

I felt like people really do their best work when they're having a really good time and feel safe to push the envelope and make a jackass out of themselves.

I guess what we know about the Avengers is there's a reason why all of the heroes that we've been meeting, from Thor to Captain America - everybody - they need to work together.

I like anything Jennifer Lawrence is in. She's so beautiful.

Because I'm stern and scolding [the characters] sometimes, I'm sure I'll get a ton of grief.

All the PG-13 superhero movies are depriving me of the gore that I need.

There's very few people, who really thrive creatively under great stress and conflict.

There's a different set of writers and a different director for the films, but Marvel has turned it into a pretty spectacular job.

There was a day on the set of Iron Man where I said, "I remember some of this stuff. I definitely had some Iron Man books. But, S.H.I.E.L.D. is a little bit of a weak spot for me."

I'm not secretly on the board of Marvel.

I was an 'Ironman' fan. It was in the '70s. I definitely liked comics and drew a lot of panels on my notebook when I should have been studying - probably why I ended up in the arts.

The motionless person was once full of life in one moment in time. What a misery?

The [president] has no particle of spiritual jurisdiction. . . .

Personally, I'd like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

I feel engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces whereof I know nothing, and which know nothing of me, I am terrified The eternal silence of these infinite spaces alarms me.

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.

There's a lot of baggage that comes along with our family, but it's like Louis Vuitton baggage.

Health care is a need; it's not a commodity, and it should be distributed according to need. If you're very sick, you should have a lot of it. If you're not sick, you shouldn't have a lot of it.

In Japan, it's strange to openly take credit for giving to charity or even to donate publicly.

A lot of people think they're born for themselves; I don't think that. I believe that we're here to help other people all the way through.