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Either war is obsolete, or men are.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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There are a lot of benefits to having a team of young people, but there are many benefits to having people who've made a lot of mistakes.
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Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes - at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do.
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Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren't fully realised.
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Some people are genetically programmed to be difficult.
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Part of the reason that I left the Pumpkins is because it was becoming all-consuming. Being the only member of that band who had two kids and a wife, it was a hard decision, but ultimately it was a decision I'm comfortable with.
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Favorite movie of all time? I hate being asked... that's like being asked, 'What's your favorite song?'
