James Wan Quotes

For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.

I think the financial restraint really pushes me as a director to be more creative with the way I shoot the film.

We're not just horror fans. We're film fans. I love action films. I want to do action films. I want to do romantic comedies. I love all this stuff. So, if I find the good material, I'll do it.

I think you can say a lot with the movement of your camera but you can also say a lot by keeping it still.

I always believe your instinct is the most correct instinct.

You know music and sound design can be very powerful with how you use it but also the absence of sound can say a lot as well.

There's really no reason to rehash something that you've already seen.

The whole wide world scares me! Seriously. I think what happens in our world is so much more frightening than anything I can come up with in my movies.

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous and you cannot take anything for granted.

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

Marketing has taken such a complete shift, thanks to the internet.

Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social climate that we're living in.

I don't like talking about sequels or spinoffs or franchise until they actually happen, until they actually work with the audience.

If your franchise has been around for awhile you have to find ways to keep it fresh.

I think storytelling is storytelling. It doesn't matter what format it's shot on.

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.

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

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

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.

We live in a world that relies on technology.

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

All my movies are about people with some ideology, but guess what? It never works out.

As a filmmaker, you aspire to want to make movies that can hopefully stand the test of time, but you never know when that will happen or if that will happen.

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

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.

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.

I've always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom.

Aquaman's such an amazing character.

It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.

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.

That's the thing about Aquaman that's cool is he's not an alien, right? He's from our planet, and he's from a society that we're not privy to in the context of the story.