Quotes by Rob Liefeld - Page 2

Domino is all about... as an actress and as the character that is going to be on the screen, you already allude to it: it's all about the sass.
Rob Liefeld /
Domino
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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 /
Barack
Give Me
Obama
Barack Obama
Me Shine People
Me People Your
Haters
Shine
Some People
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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 /
Leap
Bright
Certain Things
Held
Medium
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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.
Rob Liefeld /
Seconds
Ryan
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I know, for some people, 2016 was entirely miserable. And I'm like, 'Does it have to end?' Because over here in the Liefeld corner, it's been phenomenal.
Rob Liefeld /
Miserable
Corner
Entirely
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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 /
Existed
Owns
Ryan
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Ryan is Deadpool. Look, Ryan Reynolds, he's gone through that same career arc; the guy is ridiculously talented. He has a huge, huge passion for 'Deadpool.'
Rob Liefeld /
Arc
Talented
Ridiculously
Ryan
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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 /
Spawn
Fails
Root
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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 /
Both Sides
Good And Bad
Sides
Love Time Good
Bear
Debated
Maintain
Sales
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I am a huge fan of all things Mondo, and when the opportunity to illustrate a Mondo print celebrating the 'Deadpool' film presented itself, I leapt at the chance!
Rob Liefeld /
All Things
Print
Chance Opportunity I Am
Celebrating
Huge Fan
Illustrate
Presented
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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 /
Inevitable
Good Believe I Believe
Cycle
Influences
Next Thing
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I'm just a guy drawing comics. Guys knocking other guys through buildings. Guys flipping tanks over on each other. I'm just trying to be true to what I liked as a kid.
Rob Liefeld /
Drawing
Tanks
Be True
Buildings
Comics
Flipping
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I wanted to launch 'Youngblood' with an exclusive relationship with ComiXology because I believe that they can provide the extra push that a launch like this requires.
Rob Liefeld /
Exclusive
Relationship Believe I Believe
Extra
Launch
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'Youngblood' #1 was my first brush with Internet bashing. Message boards were just emerging, but the criticism was drowned out by millions of copies flying off shelves.
Rob Liefeld /
Boards
Copies
Criticism
Emerging
Flying
Shelves
Brush
Drowned
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The mutants I like - Wolverine. The action heroes I like, they have weapons; they are more visceral. So I filled the comic with characters like that, and we got big results.
Rob Liefeld /
Filled
Visceral
Weapons
Heroes
Wolverine
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My kids love going to the comics store with me, but they have insatiable appetites for new apps, and I truly believe we have to be online in order to reach their generation.
Rob Liefeld /
Apps
Insatiable
Love Believe Me
Appetites
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'X-Force' #1 sold 5 million copies. By default, the second issue dipped and did 1.3 million copies. But the cover of 'X-Force' #2 is Deadpool. It's not X-Force, It's Deadpool.
Rob Liefeld /
Copies
Default
Cover
Issue
Million
Sold
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Here's the deal: 25 years' worth of Deadpool. This movie comes out 25 years to the day we published him at Marvel, and you couldn't get a better gift if you're a 'Deadpool' fan.
Rob Liefeld /
Marvel
Published
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'Deadpool Bad Blood' is a book that long-term fans of Wade Wilson can appreciate it along with newcomers and movie fans. We gave this book everything we had, and I think it shows.
Rob Liefeld /
Movie
Appreciate
Blood
Book
Fans
Long Term
Newcomers
Wade
Wilson
Gave
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Trust me: I was the most bullish on 'Deadpool.' When I was day one on the set, I said, 'This is going to open at $75 million,' and they all said, 'Shut up, Liefeld; you're jinxing us.'
Rob Liefeld /
Bullish
Shut Up
Trust Me
Day One
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My role as an artist helps me tremendously in breaking down each story. Pacing, layout, movement - having drawn a few thousand pages, I understand the language of comic books very well.
Rob Liefeld /
Layout
Pacing
Pages
Thousand
Breaking
Drawn
Tremendously
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If you were to Google 'SWAT' right now, or Google 'Military,' you would see guys covered in pouches. That's a sign of gear! We've got stuff in here. We carry stuff. And it's an aesthetic.
Rob Liefeld /
Aesthetic
Covered
Google
Gear
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'New Mutants' #100 went out the door with over a million copies. It is the highest-selling last issue of any comic ever. And that's when I knew that I spoke fandom. I spoke their language.
Rob Liefeld /
Copies
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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 /
Vacation
Bills
Why Not
Attend
Realm
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I started thinking, 'What if Superman or Batman really existed?' Superman would be doing Nike commercials. The members of Youngblood take the genre of super-heroes and turn it into a business.
Rob Liefeld /
Nike
What If
Batman
Commercials
Existed
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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 /
Youth
Hit
Dances
Exploded
Marvel
Popular
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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 /
Little Kid
Dressed
Funniest
Moms
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I'll be on the street and go up to people - 'Have you read a comic book before? Well, here's one.' You've got your pro-life people, your pro-choice people, your feminists. I'm a comicbooks activist.
Rob Liefeld /
Comic Book
Feminists
Pro-Choice
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'Deadpool' took seven years to get to the motion picture screen, and I use that as my measurement. That tested me and my patience more than anything I could've imagined because the screenplay was so good.
Rob Liefeld /
Measurement
Tested
More Than Anything
Motion
Motion Picture
Screenplay
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Now, in the Liefeld household, I don't tend to share the fact that I created Deadpool with my kids, so when all the video games started coming out where Wade was at the center of them, I couldn't help but smile.
Rob Liefeld /
Smile
Household
Wade
Video Games
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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 /
Discouraged
Shelter
Piles
Rooting
Tribe
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Everyone at ComiXology has been very supportive and enthusiastic about getting 'Youngblood' as well as the rest of the Awesome/Extreme catalogue online. Hopes are high that this relationship leads to more online comics.
Rob Liefeld /
Enthusiastic
Supportive
Catalogue
Comics
Hopes
Leads
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Unapologetically, absent me, there is no Deadpool. Period. I am the name, the costume, the look, the origin, and the attitude. Great one-liners are the result of other writers. But there's no Deadpool at all in existence without me.
Rob Liefeld /
Absent
Costume
Attitude Great Look
One-Liners
Origin
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Long before it was 'Raided' and 'Lost' with Indiana Jones, the Ark of the Covenant was originally stolen from the Israelites by The Philistines; The Ark of the Covenant was the nuclear bomb of its age: when activated, it was devastating.
Rob Liefeld /
Ark
Covenant
Indiana
Nuclear
Nuclear Bomb
Stolen
Bomb
Devastating
Indiana Jones
Originally
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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.
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Staff
Brunt
Wizard
Magazine
Poured
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'New Mutants' is the absolute definition of a broken down jalopy, and I took it on, and I just remade it... That's why I was so cocky and confident: because I was like, 'I just turned around this broken down comic book with products of my imagination.'
Rob Liefeld /
Cocky
Comic Book
Absolute
Definition
Remade
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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 /
Work Focus Me
Brigade
Graham
Hire
Joe
Revelation
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Everyone has embraced the family-friendly Disney approach, which is great. I see all of those movies, and I take my kids. But I grew up on 'Predator,' 'Alien,' and 'Terminator.' People forget, but those were R-rated movies. So 'Deadpool' put its money where its mouth is, and it changed the game.
Rob Liefeld /
Predator
Alien
Disney
Embraced
Family-Friendly
Mouth
Terminator
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Dave Cockrum's work at Marvel and DC defined my childhood and inspired me to be a comic book creator. Without Dave, there is no New 'X-Men' resurgence, there is no Colossus, Storm, Nightcrawler, Lilandra, Star Jammers, or the Imperial Guard. His influence on generations of fans cannot be measured.
Rob Liefeld /
Comic Book
Creator
Dave
Defined
Generations
Resurgence
Storm
Dc
Guard
Imperial
Marvel
Measured
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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 /
All Time
Collecting
Delivery
Modern Age
Time Business Age
Largest
Reached
Sold
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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 /
Big Deal
Drawing
Nervous
Platform
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As a kid, my favorite book, up until 'X-Men,' was 'Avengers.' What does Captain America have? He has a shield. What does Thor have? He has a hammer. What does Hawkeye have? He has a bow and arrow. That's why Cable came with weapons. That's why Deadpool had swords and machine guns and pistols. It's like, let's weaponize these dudes.
Rob Liefeld /
Avengers
Pistols
Weapons
Arrow
Bow
Captain
Captain America
Guns
Dudes
Hammer
Machine
Shield
Swords
Thor
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I had seen this comic called 'Invincible' created by two people I had never heard of before, Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker, and I was a huge fan. 'Invincible' probably had five or six issues under the belt, and the book was so impressive to me, I was surprised that I had never heard of them before. It's like they came out wholly formed.
Rob Liefeld /
Impressive
Invincible
Me People Never
Belt
Formed
Huge Fan
Robert
Surprised
Two People
Walker
Wholly
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