James Wan Quotes
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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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I think I try to look at all my films and break them down because, at the end of the day, it's about creating characters that you like.
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If people want to watch a CG movie, there's plenty out there.
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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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I always try to better myself with every movie I make. I don't take anything sitting back, and so I try to learn from every film I make and carry that onto the next movie because I think it's important as a filmmaker to keep growing with each film, and I think I am growing with each movie.
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Still one of my favorite movies is the original 'The Haunting.' I love that style.
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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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For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.
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I remembered a long time ago when 'A League of Their Own' came out, and they had the opening sequence with an older Geena Davis. We all just thought it was amazing, but you find out it actually wasn't Geena Davis; it wasn't makeup. It was basically finding an actress that looked like her, and then Geena just dubbed her voice.
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I'm always excited when I can discover new filmmakers.
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Favorite movie of all time? I hate being asked... that's like being asked, 'What's your favorite song?'
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Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.
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I didn't direct any of the 'Saw' sequels, but people thought I did.
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I like to think we're not the only thing that exists on the plane of existence. I like to think that just because we don't see it doesn't mean it's not there.
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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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There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.
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I love the idea of being the underdog, coming in with a take on this underdog character and completely blow people's expectations away. Like, 'Oh, you thought he was going to be a wimpy character? No no no.'
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I think I should have made 'Dead Silence' as an independent movie.
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A lot of these types of films - the vigilante or revenge drama - were so popular in the '70s because there was a feeling in the culture of loss of control.
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I don't have anything against CGI.
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I definitely love to be scared. It draws the primal side out of you.
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I kind of joke that creating franchises is a lot like directing pilot episodes of TV series. You set a look and feel and kind of pass it on.
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The very first movie that I ever saw in a theater was 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.'
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'Insidious' is independent. It's like the 'Clerks' of horror films, you know?