James Wan Quotes
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There are expectations with sequels, and people want them to be bigger and better than the prequel.
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I think for me anyway, the most successful horror movies that work are the ones that can create characters who you care about and that have characteristics that resonate with you and I think that is highly important, because if you can create characters that are likeable and people you can relate to, to me it makes the scares that much more scarier.
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I'm a big fan of the 'Fast' franchise. I remember when I met Neal Moritz early on, I joked if Justin Lin ever left the franchise, I would be the perfect guy to slip right in and take over, and no one would know the difference.
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The great thing about the 'Fast and Furious' world is everything is up for speculation. Yes, anything is a possibility.
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I love high concept movies, but they can only work if the source of inspiration is really human - if they're driven by pain and strong emotions. Once you connect the audience with that, then I swear you can take them on the craziest journey, and they'll come along.
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I think a lot of the Disney cartoons are scary when you watch them at a young age.
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I think, like most people, we are familiar with Aquaman. We grew up reading or watching this character on the peripheral. I was never so in depth with Aquaman as, let's say, I was with X-Men.
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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.
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I always say, what is cool for me with 'The Conjuring', is it's not just another scary set piece or another scary case; it's more about what I can do with the characters of Ed and Lorraine Warren.
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No one knows how much we went through to finish 'Furious 7.'
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I thought the marketing was really smart and really clever and unique at the time. It positioned 'Saw' as a horror film that was different from the other horror films that were in the crowded marketplace.
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I joke and I say, 'I need to go back to make a supernatural horror film just to so that I can make a movie that's grounded again.'
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If I have free time, I want to go to the beach, walk around a shopping mall, go grocery shopping. Live a little bit of life.
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When I am making a sequel, it needs to be different from what you have already seen. Yet, it needs to maintain a certain discipline so that people still associate it with the prequel.
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I loved 'Jaws.' I think that is not really a horror film, but it made me afraid of the ocean for a very long time.
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I never realized how much I cherished having creative freedom.
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There's two aspects of film crafting that I'm very strict about, and that's how I move my camera and where I cut the film.
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'Death Sentence' really is a throwback to the '70s style revenge drama with moments of action. It's like a contemporary 'Death Wish' with a much more thriller style storyline, but the action scenes I shot very much in the style of '70s films like 'The French Connection.'
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We all agreed that violence begets violence, and you can't solve issues with more violence.
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I've always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom.
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If you care about the characters, then whatever scary thing happens to them, you feel it even more.
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I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.
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I guess I have a fascination with the idea of puppeteering. I think, in a lot of ways, directing is puppeteering. I guess I see a lot of analogies between what puppeteers and filmmakers do.
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I try to keep the number of projects I'm involved in down to one per year.