Joel Silver Quotations

We'd finished shooting the film by then. The film is the film.

The only problem is I can't get into PG-13 Land. I just get stuck in R rated movies, which they would love us to make PG-13 movies but I never get there. But I think that you've got to make them different. You've got to switch them up.

We really haven't marketed to that group. I'm not sure why. We market to urban audiences.

The reality is that each movie has got to be seen in its own light.

We needed an actor who could convey the character's blend of optimism, recklessness, misguided persistence and likeability. In addition to his obvious talents as an actor, Robert Downey Jr. exudes a boyish charm and an appeal that is perfect for Harry.

I don't claim to know how to sell anything. I'm a geek.

I had worked with him back in '83 on 'Weird Science,' ... and we had a great rapport. But then I saw him, I don't know, five years ago at a restaurant where he was completely out of it and rude, and I thought, 'That guy is gone.'

I did five movies in Australia, I did three films in Germany, this is the fourth film I've done here in the UK, I've done a bunch of films in Canada.

If the audience sees and feels things are real, then they buy it.

Here we have a movie about a guy who wears a mask the whole picture, with controversial subjects, some hot-button issues. Not the standard-fare movie, and we did a strong opening and attracted a huge amount of people.

Kiss Kiss ... The kid's clean. Help him out.

Joel Silver has confirmed that a controversial London bombing scene from next year's

I'm sitting here at my office at Warner Bros. And I'm looking at big buildings and soundstages and all the things you need to make a movie, but what do I have to do? Get on a plane and fly thousands of miles so I can look at big buildings and sound stages and all the things you need to make a movie. And why? Because of costs. It all comes down to costs.

The action genre is kind of designed for a young male audience. But we found on 'The Matrix' that we hit the Valhalla of movie making, which is the four quadrant audience - the young male audience, the older male audience, the young female audience and the older female audience.

Mel said, 'He's in great shape. He's clear and focused. If he ever needed help, now's the time.' And he was clean, he came in and did it, and that was it,

We just decided to pick the date 'The Matrix' opened in most of the world. At the end of the day, it worked out really great because the world seems to have got to a place where I think the movie is even more relevant now than it was several months ago.

Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the big movies we can't shoot there. It's just a shame that Arnold Schwarzenegger can't deliver on this level.

When I read 'Watchmen,' it changed my view of so many things. It was the first time I'd read a graphic novel really like that.

This story is more important now than ever. But movies are made to make money. So if people go to films like this, we'll see more of them.

There are hot-button issues that are dealt with in the story and that's good, that's fresh. It seems to be as relevant as it could be right now. I think that it's going to be very current and very topical and I think people will be intrigued by the material. I think it's the right time and the right place.

The V For Vendetta story was written in the late 80's and takes place in a society in an alternate world and the recent events in London does not affect this scenario. At first, we wanted to release the movie in November but the principal shooting was finished just a few weeks ago and considering all the post-production work which is to be done, especially the special effects, we decided to postpone the release until March 2006.

The size of Audubon's anthologies made them difficult to carry, move around and store.

I've never felt the company run so well. I've never felt the divisions work together so well, ... These guys really are inspirational leaders. They really have built a fantastic organization. There used to be a lot of divisiveness. In past managements it was sometimes very hard to get things done. Now these guys are just fantastic and they make it an incredible place.

You need the right people to kind of help make these things real.

This is a character-based movie, ... Oliver is very specific how he makes a picture. There's action in the movie, and there's tension in the movie, but it's not in that same kind of green-screen activity. So it's a very different kind of science-fiction picture. It's really more intellectual and very smart. And I think what Oliver is intending to do is something people haven't seen before, and that always excites me.

This is a movie that is special.... It's about violence and society, ... Look, we need help on this. We need people to understand what this movie is and what it's trying to do. Look, it is a controversial movie.

This is a movie that is special. ... It's about violence and society, ... Look, we need help on this. We need people to understand what this movie is and what it's trying to do. Look, it is a controversial movie.

They are driving the industry out of the state. You have a governor who was a movie star. It doesn't make any sense. They could fix it in one minute if they wanted to but no one seems to want to.

It's just a great, legendary comic book hero and it's one that has never been kind of been brought back to life after Lynda Carter. I mean, it's a reinvention. When Tim Burton reinvented Batman after Adam West, and when Donner reinvented Superman after George Reeves, it's time to do that with Wonder Woman.

It wasn't working out, ... There were some problems. We went into a different direction.

It wasn't working out, ... There was some problems. We went into a different direction.

It's a cautionary tale. V says people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people. That is the essence of the story.

It's an odd little movie. We weren't sure who would show up.

It's hard to shoot anything in L.A.; it's just a chore, but they're great here.

It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.

It was like a 1930s comic book set in the future. I can't say what it was, but there was something about it that made me think it would work as a movie.

I'm not looking to... I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.

I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

Invasion gives Nicole an opportunity to bring her depth and range to the kind of gritty action role that we haven't see her play before, as Oliver infuses the film with the brand of provocative, character-driven storytelling he's known for.

I had a hard time making Predator 2. The first movie was so good at what it was and Predator 3 is just like a Saturday Night Live sketch.

This is a great actor who isn't expensive.

The genre is not going to die. It's a great genre. You just need to find ways to make it fresh.

(The) four-volume set is the largest project of its kind done up until its time.

The ivory-billed woodpecker that (was up last week) was thought to be extinct. (Recently, sounds) have been heard which sound like it, and we are beginning to get confirmation that they do actually come from the ivory-billed woodpecker. To celebrate its 'coming out of extinction,' we turned to its page. People came to see.

Ryan [Gosling] has a history with the Mickey Mouse Club. He was a child performer himself. And he took the time to get to know people.

Press conferences are good. I have my own philosophy about press conferences. I usually think that when they don't like the movie, they ask about other things.

I always like to make sequels. It's a nice business to be in.

I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.

There's no such thing as an easy anything.

I will always continue to make stupid action films but I think 'V For Vendetta' is a very smart film and I think that people will feel differently about things when they see it.

There is no real kind of specific genre of cost of movies.

I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.

I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.

I think once every person on the planet sees 'New Moon' and there's nobody left who hasn't see it, then I think they'll be able to go see 'Ninja.

The most effective 3D movies I have ever seen are the animated movies because they are designed.

I'm a guy that wants the movie to work. So whatever it takes or whatever you got to do - I'm happy to do.

I've always wanted to make 'Swamp Thing.' I like 'Swamp Thing.' I think it's a good idea, and I thought it would be a good venue for a 3-D movie, but there were rights issues with 'Swamp Thing.

It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.

It's hard to shoot anything in L.A.; it's just a chore, but they're great here.

It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.

My movies have always done pretty well in the UK - 'The Matrix' films did very well in this country and I do like the crews here and the people we're working with here.

The idea of a youth-based society that you live in for a certain time and then you no longer live anymore is an interesting idea for a movie, but you need young people that people want to go see.

I did my acting performance in 'Roger Rabbit.' I think I did a voice-over also in 'Osmosis Jones' and I directed an episode of my show years ago, 'Tales from the Crypt' and that's my endeavors in the non-producer oriented ranks.

Movies that tend to be converted or tend to be 3D in a late decision are not effective.

When California provides the same value as other locations, I'd gladly shoot all my pictures here.

We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.

I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.

I rather would prefer to see the movie theatrically, which I have the ability to do.

I want an explosion the size of Cleveland.

The only time I use women in films is when they're naked or dead.

I really was very impressed with DMX during the whole experience on 'Romeo Must Die.' I like working with him. I liked him. And I was very impressed with the reaction of the audience when he was in the picture.

I love my iPad. I'll see television shows that I have missed and I'll download them through iTunes. If there is an older movie that I want to watch right away, I can download that movie and watch it.

I've made a lot of stupid action films in my life but I like stupid action films and am kind of proud of them.

The dubbing of the music and effects is really incredible today. You're feeling gun shots. I mean, it's not the way people say it is, but the gunshot sounds real. And cars sound real. Among the many things in the evolution (of movies) is to make the sound in the movie incredible. That's what you feel.

I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport.

There are a lot of times where actors can be a little precious sometimes, and then it's difficult to put them in a situation where there is true hardship.

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.

A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.

I always had the ability to throw a frisbee pretty well. I don't why.

To watch a movie in 3D when it's not really planned in 3D is disturbing sometimes.

There aren't a lot of guys like me left. But I'm a war horse. I've been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow, they just keep going.

You know for years before the notion of sequels, actors were the franchise. John Wayne would rarely do sequels, but he kind of played the same guy with a different name in every movie. I have no problem with using actors as franchises. And that's what is fun to do.

Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.