Joel Silver Quotes (23 Quotes)

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.'

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.

Ever since Fahrenheit 911 , I think we've been seeing there's a real audience for movies with political agendas. I don't know how many people are showing up because they want to hear political messages, but they're certainly more open to hearing them.

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

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.

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.

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,

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.

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

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

When we finished the first 'Matrix,' we did a research screening. Carrie-Anne Moss rated higher than anybody in the picture. Trinity intrigued them more than Neo or anybody. That was because it was unusual, a hot-looking babe that kicked butt,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.