Joel Silver famous quotes

03-25-2025

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

#Responsibility #Unique #Filmmaker
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Horse #War #Snow
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Sports #Fun #School
I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.
-- Joel Silver

#School #High School #Littles
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Moon #Thinking #Able
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Smart #Stupid #Thinking
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Guy #Want #Whatever It Takes
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Thinking #Rights #Ideas
It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.
-- Joel Silver

#Germany #Berlin
It's hard to shoot anything in L.A.; it's just a chore, but they're great here.
-- Joel Silver

#Chores
It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
-- Joel Silver

#Cost #Impossible
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Country #People #Done
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Ideas #People #Interesting
I always had the ability to throw a frisbee pretty well. I don't why.
-- Joel Silver

#Ability #Wells #Frisbee
A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.
-- Joel Silver

#Running #Minorities #Elements
I want an explosion the size of Cleveland.
-- Joel Silver

#Cleveland #Want #Size
I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.
-- Joel Silver

#Stupid #People #Saws
We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.
-- Joel Silver

#People #Film #Accepting
When California provides the same value as other locations, I'd gladly shoot all my pictures here.
-- Joel Silver

#California #Location #Values
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Thinking #Years #Osmosis
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Reactions #Audience
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Stupid #Proud #Action
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Real #Mean #Gun
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Fun #Years #Names
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.
-- Joel Silver

#Sports #Proud #Creation
The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.
-- Joel Silver

#Want #Scope #Bigger
The only time I use women in films is when they're naked or dead.
-- Joel Silver

#Naked #Use #Film

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