James Wan Quotes
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'Saw' really came from that want, the aspiration to make a feature film on our own.
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The flack I got for 'Saw' is why I wanted to direct 'Insidious 2.'
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My low-budget films, more than anything, taught me that you've got to create cool, likable characters and great stories because, if you don't, it doesn't matter how cool it might look - no one is going to care about it.
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I see my actors as my collaborators.
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I have a tendency to overcut my movies.
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I've always loved action movies. The first films I fell in love with were 'Star Wars' and Steven Spielberg films.
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I am my own worst critic, and I look at 'Death Sentence' now, and I go, 'Oh wow, I have really come a long way.' In terms of a filmmaker, I feel like my filmmaking language has really matured.
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I love my genre films, but I think when I get older, the way I tell it will be very different to how I told it when I was in my mid-twenties, which is how old I was when I made the first 'Saw.'
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When you're making a bigger movie, you have much bigger set pieces that require more time and more effort and more people.
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You can never have too much good blessing.
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When I'm making a big movie, I miss and appreciate all the subtleties that come with making a smaller film that is more intimate, more personal.
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I'm a big fan of suspense and tension filmmaking, and that was my goal with 'The Conjuring.'
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'Saw' really was like a student film for me; we expected it to go straight to video. I never expected anyone to see that film, and then it becomes one of the most successful horror franchises.
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With 'The Conjuring,' I really wanted to create classical cinema-style film-making, pure cinema as it were.
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I am a student of cinema, and I love filmmaking of all kinds.
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I'm a big John Woo fan.
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I believe in spirits. I believe in faith. I believe in spirituality. I believe in aliens as well.
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My first film out of the gate was financially so successful that I guess, being in Hollywood, you get kind of put into a certain box.