James Wan Quotes
Favorite movie of all time? I hate being asked... that's like being asked, 'What's your favorite song?'
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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To be thrown onto the stand-up stage is an experience that you cannot fathom until you're actually there, because there's no place to go, and everyone is looking at you and you can't even see them because of the lights. And yet you have to manage to start talking and be funny on top of it.
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Anti-inflammatories always seemed to work well for my joints, but the problem was you couldn't take them all the time.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
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When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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Van Morrison is probably, at this point in time, my biggest influence as a vocalist. When we were making our last album I had a vinyl copy of 'Veedon Fleece' in the vocal booth in front of me, in the dorky sense. I think there were candles around, which is really tacky, but hey, I needed to channel Van the Man!
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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There's always been something a little pathetic for me at the work parties I've attended, especially thinking back to the restaurants I worked in. I remember a Christmas party in which we all got free T-shirts with the restaurant on the front and our names on the back.
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I am a businessman.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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We all don't feel like a million bucks, even if you're an actor. You just don't; not all of us feel like movie stars.
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A movie like 'The Last House On The Left' would be very hard to do in Europe.
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Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There began my underlying love affair with film.
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There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life.
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Favorite movie of all time? I hate being asked... that's like being asked, 'What's your favorite song?'
