Joel Silver Quotes

• 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

• The reality is that each movie has got to be seen in its own light.

  Joel Silver

• When California provides the same value as other locations, I’d gladly shoot all my pictures here.

  Joel Silver

• 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

• 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

• I want an explosion the size of Cleveland.

  Joel Silver

• 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

• If the audience sees and feels things are real, then they buy it.

  Joel Silver

• 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

• 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

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

  Joel Silver

• We found in ‘The Matrix’ that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.

  Joel Silver

• 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

• The action genre is kind of designed for a young male audience. But we found on ‘The Matrix’ that we hit the Valhalla of movie making, which is the four quadrant audience – the young male audience, the older male audience, the young female audience and the older female audience.

  Joel Silver

• When I read ‘Watchmen,’ it changed my view of so many things. It was the first time I’d read a graphic novel really like that.

  Joel Silver

• The only problem is I can’t get into PG-13 Land. I just get stuck in R rated movies, which they would love us to make PG-13 movies but I never get there. But I think that you’ve got to make them different. You’ve got to switch them up.

  Joel Silver

• You need the right people to kind of help make these things real.

  Joel Silver

• 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.

  Joel Silver

• 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

Joel Silver (39)

Birth:	14th July, 1952
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Producer

About

Joel Silver was born in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. He is an American film producer, most well known for action films including the Lethal Weapon series, The Matrix trilogy, the first two Die Hard movies, and Predator. He is the owner of Silver Pictures and co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment. He studied at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He produced several films include: Weird Science, Commando, Lethal Weapon, Action Jackson, Road House, Hudson Hawk, Ricochet, The Last Boy Scout, Fair Game, Executive Decision, Fathers' Day, The Matrix, Exit Wounds, Swordfish, Cradle 2 the Grave, The Matrix Reloaded, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Invasion, The Apparition, Getaway, and The Nice Guys.

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