What are these movies doing other than entertaining us with stories and characters that were meant to entertain the 12-year-old boys of 50 years ago? Are we supposed to somehow embody these characters? That's ridiculous.

COMIC-BOOK WRITER ALAN MOORE on superhero movies

I had just done American Sniper and I had only one tuxedo, that didn't fit. I was so nervous that it would rip, so I decided at the last minute to eighty-six (nix) the underwear.

ACTOR BRADLEY COOPER, who went commando for a White House dinner in 2014

I'm very polite. One must be polite. I used to never swear in real life, so I did so in my art.

HONG KONG ARTIST TSANG KIN WAH, who uses strings of obscenities in repeating patterns in his work