Joel Schumacher Quotes

"It barely opened anywhere! They didn't put any money behind it at all."
-Joel Schumacher

"Don't you hear people saying things you can't believe they're saying?"
-Joel Schumacher

"When I was doing "8mm", my agents called me and said, "There's this hot script by Larry Cohen, and there's a bidding war for it. Fox is in the lead and if they get it, they want to do it with Mel Gibson and they want you to direct it.""
-Joel Schumacher

"I don't want to tell your story because you're a insensitive, self-centered moron. I've told a lot of stories about young people, and I always feel there's hope."
-Joel Schumacher

"With "Batman and Robin," I was opening toy stores in Sydney, Australia. I had awards for selling more "Batman" merchandise than any human being in the world."
-Joel Schumacher

"The script was about 100 pages. I mean, we could have padded it if we wanted to. But I don't think that would make a better movie... .I mean, it's a guy in a phone booth."
-Joel Schumacher

"I purposely did "8mm" because it was as far from a summer movie as you could get."
-Joel Schumacher

"I was sadder for the actors than I was for me because when you do good work in this industry, you get more work. Colin got a whole career from it."
-Joel Schumacher