James Wan Quotes
People used to always complain that horror films have no stories, that it's all just about kills and stuff like that.
Quotes to Explore
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I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
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I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
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Like baseball, food will never go out of style; we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way - all the fun and none of the calories.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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A ton of little girls I talk to, they want to be actresses or singers or models.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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Things happen for a reason. I'm happy, but not I'm not satisfied with the things I'm doing.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea.
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It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.
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The first thing many tourists see in Hawaii is concrete - a long dreary stretch of it through landscapes dominated by sad, cheap apartment buildings and almost entirely denuded of plant life.
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Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
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I went to Phoenix, Arizona for 'Angel Unchained,' and they'd hire the bike gang from Phoenix to be extras in the movie.
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I like to listen to French radio; I'm trying to learn French.
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However much you paid for a beautiful illusion, you got a bargain.
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I'm very fond of Glasgow, particularly the West End. The whole stretch of the west coast of Scotland from Loch Lomond up through Mallaig to the Kyle of Localsh is so beautiful.
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Do what is right... do it with honesty and vigor. Be creative - that's important. Don't follow what other people are doing.
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People used to always complain that horror films have no stories, that it's all just about kills and stuff like that.
