James Wan Quotes

I think, when you're a director, you get sucked into your project whether you like it or not, right?

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• Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.

  

  Eberhard Weber
  • People
  • Rest
  • Knew

• I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • People
  • Good
  • Want

• If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Quality
  • Win
  • Environmental

• I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • People
  • Great
  • Expectations

• I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame.

  

  Dan Devine
  • Going
  • Head
  • Coach

• The very provision of benches by the council or the corporation acknowledges the human need to be private in public, to be conspicuously idle, to have nothing better to do.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Better
  • Human
  • Need

• The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.

  

  Ralph Hodgson
  • May
  • Wall
  • Handwriting

• Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.

  

  Laura Carmichael
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• We've done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Done
  • Past
  • Achievement

• I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Thighs

• It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • Heart
  • Kind
  • Size

• The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • Life
  • Free
  • Creative

• Hollywood, for me, is the studios. It's a way to produce. It's a different way to make movies, and I never took part in that.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Way
  • Movies
  • Hollywood

• They say that women dress for other women, but I don't think that's entirely true. If we want to look flossy out-and-about on a Friday night, we're dressing for the boys - and it's nice when they notice.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • Women
  • True
  • Night

• I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of being away from home for any serious length of time is so inconceivable to me.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Time
  • Home
  • Me

• In thirteen years, every aspect of the universe can change - ask a thirteen-year-old.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Change
  • Universe
  • Years

• In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • People
  • Nature
  • Japanese

• Gansey asked, 'Do you have time to run an errand with us? Do you have work? Homework?''No homework. I got suspended,' Blue replied.'Get the fuck out,' Ronan said, but with admiration. 'Sargent, you asshole.'Blue reluctantly allowed him to bump fists with her.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Time
  • Work
  • Blue

• Wishing, of all employments, is the worst.

  

  Edward Young

• Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • Beauty
  • Mirror
  • Hours

• I like taking a path into new country, and I always take the darker path. Not because it's dark, but because there's a secret there that you can share when you get out. That's what I liked as a kid. That's how I approach my work. With a face like mine, it's lucky I have a heart that likes that.

  

  Amanda Plummer
  • Work
  • Country
  • Heart

• My doctrine means that I must identify myself with life, with everything that lives, that I must share the majesty of life in the presence of God. The sum-total of this life is God. .. Man is not at peace with himself until he has become like unto God. The endeavor to reach this state is the supreme, the only ambition worth having. And this is self-realisation. This self-realisation is the subject of the Gita, as it is of all scriptures... to be a real devotee is to realise oneself. Self-realisation is not something apart.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • God
  • Ambition
  • Scriptures

• We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Want
  • Rock
  • Jazz

• I think, when you're a director, you get sucked into your project whether you like it or not, right?

  

  James Wan