James Wan Quotes
Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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I know it sounds strange, but I'm one of those people who goes to a coffee shop to drink coffee.
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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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That image is a couple different people's homes that I knew growing up.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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Well, I think the world changes around you - I think you don't change. That's as simple as that.
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When I had worked on my first book, I had readily shown bits and pieces to everyone - for encouragement, to force myself to write.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
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All I've ever done is try to get at the truth of the matter.
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I'm not used to introspection. I've never lingered on my feelings. The show must go on.
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Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.
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By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
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Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.
