I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what’s so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith.
Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with Tony Blair, with Peter Mandelson… talking about Europe, talking about political reform.
I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.
I met Peter Sellers when I was 21 and we got married ten days later. He was not right mentally, but I hung in there for four years before I left.
As a kid, my idols were Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson, and I get into crazy races with myself. Raimi was 21 when he made movies, and when I didn’t get ‘Cabin Fever’ made that fast I thought I’d failed.
I hope I’ll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan.
One of the things I love best about Marvel is the ‘What If?’ factor; being able to just say, ‘Today we’re going to explore a world where Magneto and Emma never gave back the X-Men. Or a world where Mary Jane shares Peter’s powers.’ So being able to do that is just super exciting.
Peter Jones is hot.
My love can be easily bought with a steak from Peter Luger’s.
Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read ‘Peter Rabbit,’ I skip the part about Peter’s father ending up in one of Mrs. McGregor’s pies. I also hid the book of ‘Grimm Fairy Tales.’ They’re just too grim for my grandkids. Reality will come soon enough.
I often find that superheroes are the bachelors or the billionaires – and everyone loves them. Peter Parker is basically the complete opposite. I just think that’s what a lot of kids feel like as they’re growing up.
I saw a report on the news: ‘Peter Dinklage tweeted… ‘ What? You know, I don’t need any of that stuff. I got an email account; that’s all I need.
When I was nine, I found a copy of ‘Doctor Who: the Making of a Television Series’ in the school library. It had a picture of Peter Davison on the front, and it was a formative book for me. It explained all the different departments like the script, cameras, and sets and explained how a television show is put together.
I used to love Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, and the Human League.
I’m going through life’s cycles at an alarmingly fast pace, but my persona has a Peter Pan quality: he doesn’t age.
My great-grandfather, Peter O’Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America a generation before when times were very bad in Ireland. He worked in the Pennsylvania area and did well with horses and farming.
I grew up reading Stephen King, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon, Isaac Asimov’s nonfiction books, and Roald Dahl.
If you think about it, now that Spider-Man is in the Marvel universe, that means that Peter Parker was probably, like, eight years old when he saw Tony on TV telling the world he’s Iron Man. And when you start thinking about it as a whole world like that, it gets really fascinating.
I think I’ll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker.
Spiderman was my favorite comic book character growing up. I’m a geek, so I love the fact Peter Parker is into science. And I gravitate towards short guys. I’m 5′ 9″ now, but in junior high, I got picked on because I was 4′ 8″.
It’s quite telling that the really big comedians – like John Bishop from Liverpool, Kevin Bridges from Glasgow, Peter Kay from Bolton – stand out with their strong regional accents.
If anything’s going to go wrong, it’d go wrong during ‘Peter Pan,’ not ‘The Sound of Music.’
Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.
