Joel Silver Quotes
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The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.
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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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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'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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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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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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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 swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.
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It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
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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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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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A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.