Quotes by James Wan

“I believe in spirits. I believe in faith. I believe in spirituality. I believe in aliens as well.”

“You know what's funny is, when I made 'Saw,' I got accused of being a fascist; when I made 'Insidious,' I got accused of being godless, and now I made the 'Conjuring' films, and I'm accused of bein...”

“I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility makes things a lot scarier, since your imagination tends to fill in the gaps.”

“Language-wise, my mom and dad's dialect, they're pretty obscure. It's Chinese, but not your traditional Chinese, like Cantonese or Mandarin. It wasn't something that I got to use very much growing ...”

“We live in a world that relies on technology.”

“If you come down to it, there's only a handful of worlds that action films live in. You have your car chases, your gun fights, and your fights.”

“I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.”

“I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.”

“People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a lovable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films.”

“I took a break from horror I made three ghost movies back-to-back-to-back.”

“People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a loveable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films.”

“I love coming in with a battle plan, but I also love the freedom to make things up with my actors, and my DP, too. Sometimes we’ll be in a scene and I see new things we can do, so I will throw what...”

“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 i...”