Quotes By 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.