James Wan Quotes
I think for me anyway, the most successful horror movies that work are the ones that can create characters who you care about and that have characteristics that resonate with you and I think that is highly important, because if you can create characters that are likeable and people you can relate to, to me it makes the scares that much more scarier.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Heart On My Sleeve' - I think it has a 'Take That' feel to it! John Shanks and James Morrison wrote the track, and we spoke to Sony and asked if we could reference a 'Greatest Day'/'Rule The World' sound to make that epic ballad. I think it does the job.
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
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Oh, my mom. She's one of my biggest fans.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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There is plenty of building material and more than enough manpower to make a decent home for every Cuban. But if we continue to wait for the golden calf, a thousand years will have gone by, and the problem will remain the same.
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I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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I think I would like the sort of job where you can work away in obscurity to try and improve things, without being caught up in the political maelstrom.
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The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deserts.
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I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing the ball dribbling. I think I'm handling the ball pretty well, just trying to make good passes, man.
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Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile.
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I love hip-hop, but hip-hop is a way of life.
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I think for me anyway, the most successful horror movies that work are the ones that can create characters who you care about and that have characteristics that resonate with you and I think that is highly important, because if you can create characters that are likeable and people you can relate to, to me it makes the scares that much more scarier.
