Aside from the first film, I don’t recall Tobey quipping much. That’s not his fault, though; Raimi dropped the ball.
I still don’t see this as a problem, though I vaguely understand the complaint. I get that he quips in the comics, but in Spider-Man 2, when is he in a position where it’s in his or anyone else’s best interest to make corny one-liners? I know he did a lot in the videogames, but I just don’t see how him doing it less often in the movies is actually an issue with the character adaptation, especially since he did have occasional quips.
Also, I’m sure it had to do with the script writer as well. If Raimi never thought a quip was needed here or there, and it wasn’t in the script, that isn’t really a problem on his end, is it?