Joel Silver Quotes
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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.
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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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It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.
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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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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 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 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 so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
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I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.
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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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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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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.