What I think is incredible about what Marvel has done and with Jon Favreau I think really maybe helped come up with, is what the template is.

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.

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.

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.

There is more to life than just surviving it. Inside each turbulence there is a calm -- a sliver of light buried in the darkness.

When we aren't honest with ourselves about who we are and what we want, we allow other people and circumstance to determine our life course.

In their different ways, art and philosophy help us, in Schopenhauer's words, to turn pain into knowledge.

He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well.

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Fortunately, President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy disagreed with the estimate and chose a course of action less ambitious and aggressive than recommended by their advisers.

I envy certain writers, because there are writers who do go into a kind of different zone, where the writing isn't controlled anymore.

The main reason I did 'Captain America' was because I wanted to get out of my own head and stop taking my work so seriously.

Eggs are very much like small boys. If you overheat them or over beat them, they will turn on you and no amount of future love will right the wrong.

Either define the moment or the moment will define you.