109 Quotes by Joel Silver

We'd finished shooting the film by then. The film is the 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.

We really haven't marketed to that group. I'm not sure why. We market to urban audiences.

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

We needed an actor who could convey the character's blend of optimism, recklessness, misguided persistence and likeability. In addition to his obvious talents as an actor, Robert Downey Jr. exudes a boyish charm and an appeal that is perfect for Harry.

I don't claim to know how to sell anything. I'm a geek.

I had worked with him back in '83 on 'Weird Science,' ... and we had a great rapport. But then I saw him, I don't know, five years ago at a restaurant where he was completely out of it and rude, and I thought, 'That guy is gone.'

I did five movies in Australia, I did three films in Germany, this is the fourth film I've done here in the UK, I've done a bunch of films in Canada.

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