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.
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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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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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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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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
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You can talk good ideas out of existence.
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Having made all the decisions, I think a wedding day is a day when you want to forget what you are wearing and be in the moment.
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And remember, nobody's feelings are more important than your own, so take time to love yourself.
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It's harder for me to relate to people who don't have families that are loud and crazy.
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I fooled some of the most brilliant people in journalism.
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Everyone thinks that just because you have a Scouse accent, then you must be 'on the rob'.
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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.
