James Wan Quotes
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The 'Saw' sequels went in a direction I wouldn't have gone in. With 'Insidious 2,' I wanted to push a potential franchise in the direction I thought it should go in.
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I think before 'Saw' came along, there really wasn't a movie franchise that actually went out there and said, 'We're going to come out with one every year during Halloween and make that our trademark.'
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No one pretty much tells me what kind of horror films to make.
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You may not quite understand the cinematic tricks that go behind the making of a film, but as long as you feel it, I think that's the important thing.
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I didn't direct any of the 'Saw' sequels, but people thought I did.
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You can only go by the instinct that you have.
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With 'Insidious 2,' I wanted to push a potential franchise in the direction I thought it should go in.
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As we all know, Aquaman is somewhat the butt of the joke in the superhero world.
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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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If people want to watch a CG movie, there's plenty out there.
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I'd love to be a filmmaker and look back and be like, 'Ah, man, we were part of that whole '80s video nasty thing!'
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If you're great, I want to work with you.
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'Poltergeist' was really the film that really scarred, but fascinated, me with puppets and dolls, clowns and stuff like that.
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There's a reason why Smellovision has never really taken off. And I think it's a good thing.
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With all the crap that's going on around the world, you kind of want to do what you can to protect the ones you love.
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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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For me, what usually makes a horror sequence scary is the journey not the destination.
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'Saw' was good and bad. It was good in that it gave me a career start, but it was also negative in that it really marginalized me as a filmmaker.
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I like to think if something scares me, then there's a very good chance an audience will feel the same way. The key is creating scenarios that people can relate to.
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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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If I can get the audience to connect with the characters emotionally - and they love who they are, they love the larger-than-life situation that they're in, but most of all get the audience invested in the characters - then I always feel like I can sort of put them in the most outrageous circumstances, and the audience is okay to go with that.
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Still one of my favorite movies is the original 'The Haunting.' I love that style.
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The deep sea is a scary world.
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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.