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Leigh Whannell
Leigh Whannell
Australian Director
Born: Jan 17, 1977
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When you sit down to write a film, you direct it in your head. If you are writing a scene, you are watching the scene. And maybe it's different when you are writing a novel because you are thinking of it in terms of being read. But films are only consumed one way - through the eyes and the ears. Leigh Whannell
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Writing feels safe, you know, it's a hard job, but at least you're in your office or wherever you are and there's no one standing over your shoulder staring at what you're writing. And when you're directing, everybody's looking over your shoulder. Leigh Whannell
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A lot of times when a film is a success, the fans of that film take ownership of it - it becomes their property. Leigh Whannell
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That's one of the great things about creativity. You labor away in a room, and when you're writing a film, it couldn't be more of a solitary activity or a lonelier job, but if you then write a film that gets made and goes out into the world, it kind of flies away from you. It's not yours anymore. Leigh Whannell
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When 'Psycho' came out back in 1960, it was seen as an abomination and as this really gory thing. We all watch 'Psycho' today, of course, and think it's so tame since there's no blood or any real gore in it. But for the standards of the day when it was released, it was extreme. Leigh Whannell
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I do try and keep my scripts quite economical. Leigh Whannell
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The writing process is the time where nothing's been set in stone. It's a blank slate, or a blank page. Leigh Whannell
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One of our film lecturers, one of the guys teaching the course, said to the departing film class, 'No one in this room is going to make it, as a filmmaker.' I have no idea why he said that. Leigh Whannell
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I think, what happened with 'Dead Silence' is that other people told us that we should be doing that and now that I look back, I realize, 'should' is not a word that comes into an art. It's whatever you're feeling like doing. Leigh Whannell
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You know you've have a good idea when you're lying awake at night going 'someone else is going to take it, I just know it!' Leigh Whannell
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I found myself in this conundrum of loving acting, but not liking the path that you have to take to do it. I was just never good at auditioning, so basically I decided I would just write my own stuff and if I could get a role in it, then fine. Leigh Whannell
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If you go back and watch 'Saw,' I was very young. I'd never really done anything before. Leigh Whannell
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Somewhere in the '80s during the home video era something happened and horror started getting more and more marginalized and thought of as schlock. Leigh Whannell
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Certain stories need the resources of a studio. If you're telling a story about a giant robot war in outer space, you're going to need the money and the resources most of the time to do it justice. Leigh Whannell
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You might not have the biggest budget or resources or cast, but if you have a great story, people will latch onto it. Leigh Whannell
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I think repetition is the hardest thing to avoid with sequels, because you've told a story and now you're adding more story to the story. Leigh Whannell
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I think you can't help but write in your own voice. Leigh Whannell
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Saw' definitely had an edge to it that wasn't American. Leigh Whannell
Edge Saw Definitely Had American
Freddie Kruger, Jason, Michael Myers - they're all our generation. I think the kids wanted some new guys that they could take ownership of and Jigsaw was that guy. Leigh Whannell
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I think the way to create a lot of terror in a haunted house film is to have a bunch of people who have no idea what's happening to them, and you sort of live the movie through their eyes. Leigh Whannell
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It's a weird little anomaly about horror films in that the more money and noise you have, the less scary it gets. Leigh Whannell
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As I was writing 'Insidious 3' I started to fall in love with the characters and the story. I became very possessive of it and I didn't want someone else to do it. Leigh Whannell
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One of the most crucial aspects of a haunted house movie is the fear and disbelief of the characters, because they don't know what's happening to them. Leigh Whannell
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I feel like if you boil supernatural ghost films down to their core essence, they're really about death. Leigh Whannell
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In chatting to directors over the years, including James Wan, they always tell you the war stories. No one ever says, 'Oh, I had a great time on that film.' It's always this went wrong, that went wrong. Leigh Whannell
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I think horror is a genre that can be quite good to women. Leigh Whannell
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