James Wan Quotes

I think I try to look at all my films and break them down because, at the end of the day, it's about creating characters that you like.

James Wan

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• I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.

  

  Yuna
  • Want
  • Challenges
  • Fake

• It is obvious that the RUC is no longer accepted as an impartial police force.

  

  Jack Lynch
  • Police
  • Force
  • Obvious

• If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.

  

  Lara Spencer
  • Good
  • Work
  • Television

• When I was doing fringe theatre, my ambition was to do repertory. When I got to rep it was to do national theatre; then it was t,o get a couple of parts in television. I never had this great desire to overreach myself. I was too busy enjoying acting. I was just obsessed with it.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Great
  • Desire
  • Myself

• While taking sign language in high school, one of our assignments was to go out and participate in the deaf community, so I really got to know a lot of the group from that. I felt like they needed a little bit more of a voice because people treat them different just because they're hearing impaired.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • People
  • Different
  • School

• I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Think
  • New
  • Building

• The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.

  

  Victoria Gotti
  • Life
  • Real
  • Father

• As an Indian, you feel easily connected with certain histories in places like Indonesia, where one sees, because of the presence of the Hindu-Buddhist past, Hindus still living there or Muslims performing rituals that are instantly familiar.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Past
  • You
  • Living

• I have this really bad habit of doing things on the Internet and forgetting that the whole world is going to see it.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • World
  • Bad
  • Doing

• One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • People
  • Know
  • Relationship

• In my opinion, nothing changes after you get married. If ain't broke, don't fix it.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Opinion
  • Changes
  • Fix

• My mum's always on at me to have children and blames 'that stupid stage thing you do' for me not already having a family.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Children
  • Family
  • Stupid

• I think Shakespeare is really the one. Words as music and music as words. Everything he wrote was good, which is really frightening.

  

  Captain Beefheart
  • Good
  • Music
  • Words

• The thing about Uggs is that they're so comfortable. Once you've worn them, you don't want to go back.

  

  Tamara Mellon
  • Want
  • You
  • Comfortable

• My writing flows out of my doctorhood. They are not separate things. They are one. I think the foremost connection between being a doctor and being a writer is the great privilege of having an intimate view of one's fellow humans, the privilege of being there and helping other people at their most vulnerable moments.

  

  Abraham Verghese
  • People
  • Great
  • Writing

• Then, as always, I felt morally obligated to advocate our official position, even when it conflicted with my personal views.

  

  Clarence Thomas

• Even with the beauty stories we put out, we saw there was an opportunity to address issues of representation, identity, self-expression. We created the community that we wanted to have at 'Teen Vogue.' We were willing to lose some to have more.

  

  Elaine Welteroth
  • Opportunity
  • Community
  • Identity

• The funny thing is I'm actually really insecure. I have a lot of girl issues - 'I'm not pretty enough,' 'I'm not skinny enough' - but there is a confidence I have in what I can do. I did tend to overcompensate to cover up other insecurities that I have.

  

  Lindsay Pearce
  • Up
  • Pretty
  • Girl

• It's really hard to have a fair discussion when you're faced with militarism, aggression, and greed. The militarists do not want dialogue. They want what they want. They're psychotic. They're greedy, they're narcissistic, and they're dangerous.

  

  Carolee Schneemann
  • Hard
  • Greed
  • Discussion

• My mom made me look in the mirror every day and say three things that I loved about myself. At first, I couldn't name anything. It was so sad. When my mom made me do that, I looked in the mirror, and I literally couldn't name one thing that I loved about myself.

  

  Lauren Alaina
  • Mom
  • Sad
  • Mirror

• There are five kinds of great apes: bonobos, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, and the one which people always think of last: Humans!

  

  Andy Dunn
  • People
  • Great

• I never wanted to be a performer. I suppose I was precocious, really.

  

  Andrew Lloyd Webber

• I think I try to look at all my films and break them down because, at the end of the day, it's about creating characters that you like.

  

  James Wan