Joel Silver Quotes
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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.'
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I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.
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It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.
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Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.
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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.
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It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
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I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.
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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.
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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.
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I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.
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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.
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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.
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It's hard to shoot anything in L.A.; it's just a chore, but they're great here.
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A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.