Robin Lord Taylor

“I've seen all the Batman movies in the theater opening weekend. I was a big Batman fan, definitely.”

“You move to New York. You want to be the biggest, most fully realized version of yourself you can be. A lot of that is fueled by this desire to not feel small, and to make a name for myself and establish myself in a way that wasn't expected of me.”

“I initially thought I would be an architect, maybe. So I went to architecture camp and quickly learned that I did not want to be an architect. I was like, 'No. This is not for me.'”

“I wasn't as big a comic book aficionado as some of my friends, but I definitely had some Batman comics.”

“'Batman Returns' was a huge movie and one of my favorites growing up. It's incredible.”

“I live in a small apartment. There's only so much Batman memorabilia a guy can hang on to in New York City.”

“I grew up in a very 'Friday Night Lights,' sports-focused town. I did not play the sports. I was never bullied physically, but I was called names. I was also an overweight kid. I knew what it's like to feel like the other, to feel written off for things that were not in my control - my appearance, my interests.”

“I'm used to being a supporting player in the background. All I ever wanted, at the very most, was to have a small part in something where people were like, 'Oh, right, that one guy, whoever he is, was pretty good in that.' That's all I ever really strived for or expected.”

“I'm very loyal. Sociable to a certain extent. Neurotic, too.”

“If people want to compare me to Danny DeVito, that's the biggest gift there is. I think Danny DeVito is fantastic.”

“I avoid conflict - like, any conflict - at all costs. I hate it. Even at a restaurant, if I get the wrong order, I'll just eat it anyway because I don't want to make an issue.”

“I got my agents right out of school, and I booked my first commercial right away. It was always enough to not quit and do something else.”

“I loved theater growing up, and my mom always took us to the touring productions that would come through town. We would go to Chicago all the time and see shows. I loved it.”

“My whole life, I heard, 'Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg.' It's all I heard throughout elementary school.”

“I had a few comics, but I was by no means a huge aficionado. I was more of a 'Mad Magazine,' 'Calvin & Hobbes' sort of nerd.”