91 James Wan Quotes for You to Enjoy

James Wan

Australian Producer

Born: Feb 27, 1977

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I believe in spirits. I believe in faith. I believe in spirituality. I believe in aliens as well. James Wan

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I want to start off making the kinds of films that I loved growing up as a kid. Fun horror films that are scary but at the same time, after you finish the movie, it leaves you excited to see more. James Wan

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As a director you're always so busy - you're go, go, go, you're always moving, moving, moving - so I'm not actually privy to all the weird stuff that's happening around me, but for a lot of the cast and crew, that's what I hear stories from them about weird stuff happening. James Wan

We think craft is important, and the irony has always been that horror may be disregarded by critics, but often they are the best-made movies you're going to find in terms of craft. You can't scare people if they see the seams. James Wan

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For me and my films, I want my audience to experience cinema in its full glory. It's not just visual, it's audio as well. It's emotional, and I want you to be engaged with not just the scene but with the characters. James Wan

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I see my actors as my collaborators. James Wan

Collaborators See Actor

Not many people remember this, but in the first 'Death Wish' film, Charles Bronson doesn't actually go after the people that hurt his family: he just goes after every punk. He just blows them all away. James Wan

All my movies are about people with some ideology, but guess what? It never works out. James Wan

People Ideology Guess Out Some About Never Movies Works

When I am making a sequel, it needs to be different from what you have already seen. Yet, it needs to maintain a certain discipline so that people still associate it with the prequel. James Wan

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I love what I did in 'Death Sentence,' but that was a low budget action film. James Wan

Love Death Action Budget Did Low Sentence Low-Budget Action Film Film

Ask anyone, and they'll tell you that most of the good horror films made in the U.S. are indie films. You might get 'The Ring' or 'The Others,' but most are independently produced. James Wan

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If you're great, I want to work with you. James Wan

Work Great You Want

I'm a big fan of suspense and tension filmmaking, and that was my goal with 'The Conjuring.' James Wan

Big Tension Big Fan Goal Suspense Fan Filmmaking

I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility makes things a lot scarier, since your imagination tends to fill in the gaps. James Wan

What I would like with the Internet is to have it go faster. James Wan

Internet Faster Would Like Go

We live in a world that relies on technology. James Wan

Technology World Live

No one pretty much tells me what kind of horror films to make. James Wan

Me Films Kind Tells Pretty Horror Horror Films No-One Make Much

Language-wise, my mom and dad's dialect, they're pretty obscure. It's Chinese, but not your traditional Chinese, like Cantonese or Mandarin. It wasn't something that I got to use very much growing up. We eventually just spoke English around the house. James Wan

I can make any kind of movies. I can put up with any kind of situation. And I can tackle them. James Wan

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I use myself as the barometer to gauge what is scary. I like to think if something scares me, then there's a very good chance an audience will feel the same way. James Wan

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