Joel Silver

“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.”

“We found in 'The Matrix' that people were willing to accept something more. It was a smarter film.”

“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.”

“Well, I haven't really been able to shoot in California for a while. Little movies yeah, but the big movies we can't shoot there. It's just a shame that Arnold Schwarzenegger can't deliver on this level.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It's hard to shoot anything in L.A.; it's just a chore, but they're great here.”

“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.”

“It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.”

“I want an explosion the size of Cleveland.”

“A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.'”

“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.”

“The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.”