Accepting Quote by Joel Silver

If you think about 'The Matrix' and how high-concept it was, it had these incredible ideas that really penetrated people's consciousness. It really was…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

Before that film, I was nobody. Each job I got, I was so excited. Each paycheck I got, I thought, 'Wow, I'm getting paid…

— Carrie-Anne Moss

Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes.

— Roger Penrose

'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other…

— Jason Reitman

We just decided to pick the date 'The Matrix' opened in most of the world. At the end of the day, it worked out…

— Joel Silver

The most embarrassing part of the film is that the new problem posed by simulation is confused with its classical, Platonic treatment ... The…

— Jean Baudrillard

I wanted to do 'Matrix' because when I saw the first one, I was in Paris, and I came out from the movie and…

— Monica Bellucci

I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a…

— Gina Gershon

'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It was criticized…

— Virginia Postrel

I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten…

— Joe Pantoliano

I love 'The Matrix' a lot - I am lucky and blessed to be a part of it, and I believe in it.

— Carrie-Anne Moss

Kubrick showed us something special. Every film was a challenge, and a direct assault on cinema's conventions.

— Bryan Singer