Quotes.gg
Home
Tags
Terms and Conditions
Privacy Policy
Imprint
Made by
Last Media
James Wan
Popular Posts
#Tags
I'm terrified of the supernatural things, which is why I'm very grateful that I don't see things like that. Because if I did see things of the paranormal persuasion, I don't think I'd be able to continue making scary movies.
- James Wan
#Continue
#Grateful
#Movies
#See
#Why
Still one of my favorite movies is the original 'The Haunting.' I love that style.
- James Wan
#I Love
#Love
#Movies
#Still
#Style
I think you kind of need to acknowledge that the reason why sequels do well is because people that loved the first one come back.
- James Wan
#Back
#Loved
#People
#Reason
#Why
'Poltergeist' was really the film that really scarred but fascinated me with puppets and dolls, clowns, and stuff like that. I've always been afraid of clowns, and then my fear of puppets came around, and 'Poltergeist' was the perfect combination to scare me with a clown doll.
- James Wan
#Afraid
#Doll
#Fear
#Me
#Perfect
Having such a diverse cast and crew is what makes the 'Fast & Furious' films so unique to all the other studio tent pole films that just have a very singular look to them.
- James Wan
#Crew
#Fast
#Just
#Look
#Unique
The size of the budget doesn't make that much of a difference because the kind of issues I have on a low budget film I I have on a big budget film as well, but they're just much bigger.
- James Wan
#Big
#Difference
#Film
#Size
#Well
I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.
- James Wan
#Comedy
#Day
#Movies
#One Day
#Romantic
The key is to constantly keep the audience surprised. If they feel like something is going to happen, or they think from an educational standpoint that something is about to happen because of all the moving parts, it is your job to break that expectation and show the audience something different.
- James Wan
#Audience
#Feel
#Job
#Key
#Moving
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.
- James Wan
#Death
#I Am
#Long
#Look
#Way
'Saw,' in many ways, was like my student film. The first crappy student film you don't really want people to see.
- James Wan
#Film
#People
#See
#Student
#Want
You can never have too much good blessing.
- James Wan
#Blessing
#Good
#Much
#Never
#Too Much
I feel like, with most filmmakers of my generation, I like the over-the-top stuff. I like to be wacky and really in your face.
- James Wan
#Face
#Feel
#Generation
#I Feel
#Your
For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.
- James Wan
#Design
#Me
#Movies
#Sound
#Work
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.'
- James Wan
#Character
#Expectations
#Love
#Underdog
I'm very heavily involved in the editorial post-production process, and the camera - it's just such a big part of my storytelling language. I like creating the tension; I like creating the emotion through the movement of my camera, or the lack of movement through my camera, depending on what fits the scene best.
- James Wan
#Best
#Big
#Language
#Process
#Tension
If you don't do the suspense correctly, then your jump scares are not going to work.
- James Wan
#Going
#Jump
#Suspense
#Work
#Your
I believe in spirits. I believe in faith. I believe in spirituality. I believe in aliens as well.
- James Wan
#Believe
#Faith
#I Believe In
#I Believe
For me and my films, I want my audience to experience cinema in its full glory. It's not just visual, it's audio as well. It's emotional, and I want you to be engaged with not just the scene but with the characters.
- James Wan
#Audience
#Cinema
#Experience
#Glory
#Me
#Visual
I love to be scared in the safety of a movie theater. It is like a thrill ride; like a roller-coaster ride.
- James Wan
#Like
#Love
#Movie Theater
#Ride
#Safety
What I realized is that it doesn't matter how big or small your film is. The actual filmmaking process, the actual storytelling, it's still the same thing. It's still all about creating characters that you like and creating moments that get you excited or get you tense.
- James Wan
#Big
#Excited
#Film
#Matter
#Process
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.
- James Wan
#Free
#Life
#Live
#Shopping
#Time
#Walk
'The Exorcist' is one of the finest movies ever made, and it just so happens to be a scary movie.
- James Wan
#Ever
#Finest
#Happens
#Just
#Made
#Movies
I use myself as the barometer to gauge what is scary. I like to think if something scares me, then there's a very good chance an audience will feel the same way.
- James Wan
#Chance
#Good
#Me
#Myself
#Way
It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.
- James Wan
#Flies
#Know
#Pretty
#Time Flies
#Time
Load More
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.
Allow cookies