Iman Vellani

“I know people get so scared when they hear 'reshoots' or 'additional photography.' 'That means the movie is bad, and they need to fix it.' No, it's not fixing; it's part of the process . It's just like when you write an essay, it's the editing process, you know?”

“I want to be involved in work I'm proud of and has a good message, and that Hollywood hasn't really seen before.”

“Having Stephen King in anyone's corner is pretty awesome.”

“I don't want to focus on something that's not even in my control, because what's the point?”

“It's important to showcase immigrant children who are proud of their culture, and don't neglect it, which is how we see a lot of them in mainstream media.”

“Watching yourself is like the most cursed thing ever. Like, I don't know what I look like, and I realize that now. Like, you know what you look like, but you don't. Like, you don't know what you look like when you eat, when you're happy, when you're sad, or when you run - running is the worst, in my opinion.”

“I've never written anything before in my entire life, but I have read many comics, so I just wrote what I would want to read. I was given a very professional tool to write what is essentially my own fan fiction.”

“When I'm sad I'll rewatch 'Iron Man.'”

“My power is that I can sleep anywhere.”

“Marvel has always championed that idea of finding this idealized version of yourself through their characters - a version of yourself that can fly in space or stop a train with one hand.”

“I have opinions, and I have feelings, and I have thoughts, and I think all of our creatives at Marvel, they've really respected me and allowed me to be part of this collaborative process.”

“Beyond representation on screen, seeing ethnic names in the credits matters so much.”

“Marvel was all I ever talked about in my daily life. My parents would never have considered taking that away from me.”

“I'm all for constructive criticism as long as people have a legitimate concern or suggestion or something real. Then I care.”

“On 'Ms. Marvel,' I had a chicken Caesar salad everyday, because that's all I could stomach. It wasn't that the food was bad - there was just a lack of options.”

“My experience working with Farhan was amazing, he has so many stories to share. On set, we'd have quiet moments, and he would just be telling me stories about going sky-diving, what it's like filming other movies and his career in general.”

“I carry this little book around everywhere. It's like my journal, but also like ideas and drawings and everything.”

“I think it's so wonderful to show a child of immigrant parents who's proud of their culture and doesn't neglect it.”

“I think when you're in high school, you just feel things so intensely. All your emotions are so heightened: your crushes, your friendships, minor inconveniences. They just feel like the end of the world.”

“A lot of the time you forget that movies are entertainment, and they're just a couple fun hours of escapism.”