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" I never thought we'd live in an age where we'd get to 2008's 'Iron Man,' which I think is a perfect movie. "
Rob Liefeld
Live
Age
Man
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" If you spend 90 seconds with Ryan Reynolds, you know he's Deadpool. There is no one else on the planet that has any business being that character, ever. "
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Know
Planet
You
" I wasted so many years in my youth. "
Rob Liefeld
Wasted
Youth
Many
" I can tell you, young 22-year-old Rob Liefeld was having quite a run. "
Rob Liefeld
Young
Having
I Can
" Mercenaries, to me, were always able to switch sides because they're motivated by cash. Deadpool has always been a shifty bastard. "
Rob Liefeld
Been
Sides
Always
" Just because one tribe piles on you, take shelter and continue to work towards your next goal, your next project. Don't be discouraged and remember that there are many fans of your work rooting for you to succeed. "
Rob Liefeld
Work
Remember
Succeed
" I truly believe there's all the Deadpools that have existed, and there's Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool, who is now the Deadpool for the world. He owns that voice. "
Rob Liefeld
He
Who
Believe
" Watching people like Brandon Graham, Erik Larsen, and Joe Keatinge produce stories for my characters was a revelation... Like, 'Why are you doing work for hire when others are working on characters you own?' 'Bloodstrike' and 'Brigade' is me re-focusing my focus! "
Rob Liefeld
You
People
Me
" Marvel comics took a chance on me in my youth, allowing me to create so many toys in their sandbox. "
Rob Liefeld
Me
Toys
Youth
" Captain America and the Avengers were my favorite characters as a kid. "
Rob Liefeld
Were
America
Captain
" The '90s was a great period for the fans that were collecting at that time. Comics sold at an all-time high and reached the largest audience in our modern age, and the energy in our business was fantastic. Any bad feelings from fans of that era were a result of the poor delivery of the product we sold them. "
Rob Liefeld
Business
Bad
Energy
" So much of our society has gone completely digital. Today, you can attend school, buy TVs, plan a vacation, and pay your bills electronically. Why not bring comic books into the digital realm? "
Rob Liefeld
You
Vacation
Today
" Deadpool does not exist in any way, shape, or form without me. "
Rob Liefeld
Me
Exist
Form
" Deadpool was intended, as Cable was, to be tied into Wolverine's history. "
Rob Liefeld
Wolverine
Tied
History
" When I took over 'New Mutants,' writing and drawing, and I figure this is a big deal, I'm 23, 22 at that time, and I am nervous because I've had nothing but success. And now they're giving me the entire platform to create. And I figure, if I fall flat on my face here, it's going to hurt. It's going to set me back. "
Rob Liefeld
Writing
Face
Fall
" The funniest is the moms who get really angry with me, and they bring their kid who's dressed like Deadpool, and he's 9 years old, and they're scolding me that their little kid can't enjoy Deadpool. "
Rob Liefeld
Dressed
Kid
Enjoy
" Women love the bad boy. "
Rob Liefeld
Love
Bad
Bad Boy
" As to Batman, turns out I really prefer Robin over the Dark Knight. "
Rob Liefeld
Knight
Over
Batman
" All comic-book artists secretly want a successful television or movie project because of the wider audience. "
Rob Liefeld
Successful
Want
Television
" We can't be beholden to the past. "
Rob Liefeld
Past
Beholden
" The Tony Stark I grew up with wasn't as snappy and as quippy as Downey Jr. made him, but now I only think of his performance. "
Rob Liefeld
Only
Him
Now
" Certain things work on paper held together with staples. Comics use bright colors to make things leap off the page, but movies are a different medium. "
Rob Liefeld
Work
Movies
Colors
" In the late '90s, the magazine formerly known as 'The Wizard' came after me strong and hard. I was the brunt of jokes for an entire staff of angry fanboys; as much as can be poured on was poured on. But I kept focus, as anyone in that situation should. "
Rob Liefeld
Strong
Situation
Me
" People have debated both sides of the Liefeld influence, good and bad, and I maintain the sales and the results of that time bear out that people love that stuff. "
Rob Liefeld
Bad
People
Love
" Our style, in one word, the Image guys, our approach to the page was bold. "
Rob Liefeld
Image
Word
Style
" Anything that is good influences the next thing. It's inevitable. I believe that Hollywood influences the comics, and the comics influence Hollywood - it's a cycle. "
Rob Liefeld
Believe
I Believe
Good
" I root for 'Spawn' and every other comic-book movie. I hope all of them are successful because, any time one fails, it makes it that much harder to get one made. "
Rob Liefeld
Hope
Because
Time
" I love 'Captain America.' I love those fight sequences, but I've seen them multiple times. "
Rob Liefeld
America
Captain
Fight
" Give me a celebrity, I'll give you your haters. Some people shine, and some people don't like when they shine. Ask Barack Obama - he'll tell you. "
Rob Liefeld
Shine
People
Me
" I had gotten a lot of acclaim for giving a previously dead franchise, 'Hawk & Dove,' a facelift. "
Rob Liefeld
Giving
Hawk
Franchise
" Deadpool exploded for the youth around 2010 with 'Marvel vs. Capcom.' He was the most popular character. He does kicks, then mocks you as he hits you and dances around you when you hit the ground. "
Rob Liefeld
Ground
Character
Youth