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The people in L.A. do orient themselves to light. I used to call it 'Tan Fascist Culture.' Everyone there is tanned, wears dark sunglasses, looks like a movie star even when they're not.
James Turrell
Culture
People
Dark
Light
Everyone
Sunglasses
Wears
Like
Looks
Call
Tan
Movie
Movie Star
Themselves
Used
Orient
Even
Fascist
Star
Usually we are illuminating things instead of looking at the light itself. But I like this quality of the light being the revelation.
James Turrell
Quality
Light
Looking
Instead
Like
Revelation
Itself
Being
Illuminating
Things
I'm working to bring celestial objects like the sun and moon into the spaces that we inhabit.
James Turrell
Moon
Sun
Objects
Like
Celestial
Spaces
Inhabit
Working
Bring
I've always wanted to make a light that looks like the light you see in your dream.
James Turrell
You
Light
Dream
See
Like
Looks
Make
Always
Wanted
Your
Your Dream
You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling.
James Van Der Beek
Buy
God
You
Made
Weather
Mark
Way
Out
Kind
Some
Potential
Clean
Wipe
Feel
Checked
Like
House
Up
Get
Just
Then
Act
Your
Certainly
Coast
Here
Humbling
A lot of people see scammers as, like, just one guy in a basement with his computer, but actually, I think it's probably almost kind of a call centre.
James Veitch
People
Think
Kind
See
Guy
Computer
Almost
Like
Call
His
Lot
Just
Just One
Centre
Basement
Actually
My mum was a big fan of E.L.O. and Elvis Costello. She used to play that, consistently, all the time when we were kids. And my dad, he would claim to be a singer... You know, he loves singing, and he used to sing a lot when he was a kid and at parties and stuff like that. So I come from a very party-musical family.
James Vincent McMorrow
Time
Family
You
Singing
Big
Elvis
Kid
Consistently
Claim
Kids
Would
Costello
He
Stuff
Come
Like
Know
Parties
Sing
Singer
She
Were
Big Fan
Lot
Very
Fan
Loves
Used
Dad
Mum
Play
If I can get the audience to connect with the characters emotionally - and they love who they are, they love the larger-than-life situation that they're in, but most of all get the audience invested in the characters - then I always feel like I can sort of put them in the most outrageous circumstances, and the audience is okay to go with that.
James Wan
Love
Situation
Okay
Circumstances
Characters
Outrageous
Invested
Emotionally
Put
Feel
Like
Most
Sort
Audience
Always
Go
Get
Them
Then
Who
Connect
I love to be scared in the safety of a movie theater. It is like a thrill ride; like a roller-coaster ride.
James Wan
Love
Ride
Safety
Scared
Thrill
Like
Movie
Theater
Movie Theater
'Death Sentence' really is a throwback to the '70s style revenge drama with moments of action. It's like a contemporary 'Death Wish' with a much more thriller style storyline, but the action scenes I shot very much in the style of '70s films like 'The French Connection.'
James Wan
Death
Revenge
Wish
Style
Action
Films
Drama
More
Thriller
Scenes
Throwback
Like
Contemporary
French
Very
Storyline
Sentence
Much
Shot
Really
Moments
Connection
I feel like, with most filmmakers of my generation, I like the over-the-top stuff. I like to be wacky and really in your face.
James Wan
Generation
Face
My Generation
Feel
Stuff
Over-The-Top
Like
Most
Wacky
Really
Your
Filmmakers
The key is to constantly keep the audience surprised. If they feel like something is going to happen, or they think from an educational standpoint that something is about to happen because of all the moving parts, it is your job to break that expectation and show the audience something different.
James Wan
Key
Job
Expectation
Think
Constantly
About
Something
Feel
Like
Parts
Because
Audience
Surprised
Educational
Going
Different
Happen
Break
Moving
Moving Parts
Your
Show
Standpoint
Keep
What I would like with the Internet is to have it go faster.
James Wan
Internet
Faster
Would
Like
Go
I like to think we're not the only thing that exists on the plane of existence. I like to think that just because we don't see it doesn't mean it's not there.
James Wan
Think
See
Only
Like
Because
Existence
Exists
Just
Just Because
The Only Thing
Mean
Plane
Thing
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
Mom
Pretty
Something
Obscure
Spoke
Like
House
Around
Got
Dialect
Traditional
Up
Very
Just
Chinese
Much
Use
Your
English
Dad
Growing
Growing Up
Eventually
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
Myself
Good
Me
Will
Think
Gauge
Way
Scares
Scary
Something
Feel
Like
Audience
Very
Same
Then
Use
Good Chance
Barometer
Chance
I love the idea of being the underdog, coming in with a take on this underdog character and completely blow people's expectations away. Like, 'Oh, you thought he was going to be a wimpy character? No no no.'
James Wan
Love
Character
You
People
Thought
Take
He
Idea
Underdog
Like
Coming
Expectations
Blow
Going
Oh
Being
Away
If I have to point to something specific with the way I move my camera, I love to do it with a wide lens. I like to show you as much of the space as I can, even if I'm following a character.
James Wan
Love
Character
You
Space
Way
Following
Something
Point
Like
Camera
Move
Lens
Much
Show
Even
Specific
Wide
'Insidious' is independent. It's like the 'Clerks' of horror films, you know?
James Wan
You
Films
Independent
Insidious
Horror
Horror Films
Like
Know
Favorite movie of all time? I hate being asked... that's like being asked, 'What's your favorite song?'
James Wan
Time
Hate
Song
Favorite
Favorite Movie
All-Time
Like
Being
Movie
Asked
Your
I like the 'Twilight' films.
James Wan
Films
Like
Twilight
I guess, deep down, there's a dark side to us. I guess that's why movie fans really love the revenge drama. We like to go into dark movie theaters and fantasize.
James Wan
Love
Revenge
Dark
Fans
Dark Side
Down
Drama
Side
Guess
Like
Go
Movie
Theaters
Movie Theaters
Fantasize
Us
Really
Deep
Deep Down
Why
It all comes down to what is best for those particular genres, and if you believe in the stories that you're telling and the characters that you like that you want to tell those stories with, you can pretty much apply it to any genre.
James Wan
Best
You
Down
Believe
Those
Tell
Characters
Telling
Pretty
Particular
Like
Genre
Genres
Any
Want
Stories
Much
Apply
Making a movie with people of all different ethnicity, all different skin color and different backgrounds, meant that the movie can literally play all around the world. It's not just a blanket whitewash film like most Hollywood films tend to be.
James Wan
People
World
Skin
Films
Backgrounds
All-Around
Tend
Color
Blanket
Like
Most
Around
Making
Just
Different
Movie
Literally
Different Backgrounds
Hollywood
Meant
Ethnicity
Skin Color
Film
Play
I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.
James Wan
You
People
Car
Think
Relate
Characters
Like
Ultimately
Human
Create
Your
Grounded
Even
Level
I think, like most people, we are familiar with Aquaman. We grew up reading or watching this character on the peripheral. I was never so in depth with Aquaman as, let's say, I was with X-Men.
James Wan
Character
People
Reading
Think
Say
Never
Like
Most
Peripheral
Up
Familiar
Grew
In-Depth
Depth
Watching
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