I think repetition is the hardest thing to avoid with sequels, because you've told a story and now you're adding more story… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
You might not have the biggest budget or resources or cast, but if you have a great story, people will latch onto… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Horror film fans are pretty starved for quality. If you do something thoughtful or if you make something good, they're so thankful… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I always want to fulfill genre expectations and think that should be the bedrock of any film - then you can layer… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
The thing I love the most about low budget films is the creative freedom. — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
A lot of times when a film is a success, the fans of that film take ownership of it - it becomes… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I'm still a big believer in movie theaters, and going to see movies in public. — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
You know, by the time you get to the fourth film in a franchise you're really mining for something different. You're really… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I think I've had a lot of experience with watching other people shepherd my ideas with the 'Saw' films. They made four… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
James Wan is somebody who doesn't have any problem coming in and directing somebody else's script, he'll be the director for hire… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Saw' was a film that James Wan and I came up with back in Australia and we were just hoping anyone, literally,… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I don't know if I can see myself writing another 'Saw' film. It's such a special part of my life, and I… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the way, the ability to make terrifying big budget films like 'The Exorcist' or 'The Shining' was lost, and I… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I feel like with the first 'Insidious' film we had a massive cache of stories and scares that we'd built up over… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
In chatting to directors over the years, including James Wan, they always tell you the war stories. No one ever says, 'Oh,… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Australia, most of the filmmakers there write a film and they direct it. There's a lot of writer/directors there, because nobody wants… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I love watching audiences scream. I imagine it's the same joy that a director feels who has made a comedy when he… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
That's one of the great things about creativity. You labor away in a room, and when you're writing a film, it couldn't… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I remember when James Wan and I did the first 'Saw' movie, a lot of people would say to us, 'Well, you… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
For me in a horror film, just looking down a long corridor and seeing somebody standing there, the simplest thing in the… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
The good thing about directing a screenplay that you've written is that you see the film in your head as you're writing… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
Horror films are very functional like comedies. The main thing with a comedy, the big question is "is it funny?" And with… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
One of our film lecturers, one of the guys teaching the course, said to the departing film class, 'No one in this… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
I will say that when it comes to the horror genre, for me, the scariest thing is when something is actually in the frame. — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
I couldn't believe that people went to see 'Saw,' that people actually lined up. — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
After 'Saw,' we got offered every horror remake under the sun, and I was just always thinking, 'I don't see how this could be… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
If you chose to be an actor, if you take that baton and say 'OK, this is what I want to do with my… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
When I directed the third 'Insidious' film I loved it so much that I decided this is what I want to do from now… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
I'm not actually terrified of technology. Though I'm certainly not an early adopter, either. — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
I found myself in this conundrum of loving acting, but not liking the path that you have to take to do it. I was… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
If you look back at a film like 'Dawn of the Dead' - You can either watch it as a straight-up genre film and… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
You might not have the biggest budget or resources or cast, but if you have a great story, people will latch onto it. — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
When 'Psycho' came out back in 1960, it was seen as an abomination and as this really gory thing. We all watch 'Psycho' today,… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
Writing a screenplay is an act of faith. First, that it's interesting enough that anyone would want to make it. Secondly, that anybody would… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share
