Joel Silver Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.”
-- Joel SilverSource : "V For Vendetta - Joel Silver/James McTeigue interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.
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“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 SilverSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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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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“I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.”
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“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 SilverSource : "2nd Joel Silver Interview Ninja Assassin. Plus Info on Dark Castle Projects, Remakes, Sherlock Holmes, More". Roundtable Interview, collider.com. November 24, 2009.
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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 guy that wants the movie to work. So whatever it takes or whatever you got to do - I'm happy to do.”
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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.”
-- Joel SilverSource : "Producer Joel Silver on Splice, Logan’s Run, Swamp Thing, the Apparation, Project-x, Unknown White Male". Press Day Interview, collider.com. May 22, 2010.
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“It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.”
-- Joel SilverSource : "Producer Joel Silver Exclusive Interview: Discusses Unknown, Logan’s Run, Berlin, Vod, Home Video Sales, 3d, and a Lot More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 17, 2011.
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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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“It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.”
-- Joel SilverSource : "Producer Joel Silver Exclusive Interview: Discusses Unknown, Logan’s Run, Berlin, Vod, Home Video Sales, 3d, and a Lot More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 17, 2011.
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“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.”
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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.”
-- Joel SilverSource : "Producer Joel Silver on Splice, Logan’s Run, Swamp Thing, the Apparation, Project-x, Unknown White Male". Press Day Interview, collider.com. May 22, 2010.
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“I always had the ability to throw a frisbee pretty well. I don't why.”
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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.”
-- Joel SilverSource : "Producer Joel Silver on SPLICE, LOGAN’S RUN, SWAMP THING, THE APPARATION, PROJECT-X, UNKNOWN WHITE MALE". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. May 22, 2010.
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“I want an explosion the size of Cleveland.”
-- Joel SilverSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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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.”
-- Joel SilverSource : "'V For Vendetta' - Joel Silver/James McTeigue interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.
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“We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.”
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“When California provides the same value as other locations, I'd gladly shoot all my pictures here.”
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“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 SilverSource : "2nd Joel Silver Interview NINJA ASSASSIN. Plus Info on Dark Castle Projects, Remakes, SHERLOCK HOLMES, More". Roundtable interview, collider.com. November 24, 2009.
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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 SilverSource : "Interview With Exit Wounds Stars Steven Seagal, Jill Hennessy and Producer Joel Silver". Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. March 15, 2001.
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“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 SilverSource : "Interview With Exit Wounds Stars Steven Seagal, Jill Hennessy and Producer Joel Silver". Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. March 15, 2001.
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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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“The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.”
-- Joel SilverSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“The only time I use women in films is when they're naked or dead.”
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