I've always said that with a lot of the horror franchises that I've started, it's like directing a pilot. I come in,… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I think I'm a very sentimental person. Conscious or not, that's what draws me to the kind of films I want to… — James Wan Copy Share Image
The kind of filmmaker that I am, even my darker horror films generally are still very fun. And I think that's important… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I think, when you're a director, you get sucked into your project whether you like it or not, right? — James Wan Copy Share Image
Designing the technical aspects of my camera movement for me is very important. I want the camera to be a big part… — James Wan Copy Share Image
'Saw' really came from that want, the aspiration to make a feature film on our own. — James Wan Copy Share Image
When I'm making a big movie, I miss and appreciate all the subtleties that come with making a smaller film that is… — James Wan Copy Share Image
What makes horror movies work is the idea that "oh my God, what would I do if I were in that situation?… — James Wan Copy Share Image
When you're watching an action movie, you experience an action movie more outside of the aquarium, you're out of the aquarium looking… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I love my genre films, but I think when I get older, the way I tell it will be very different to… — James Wan Copy Share Image
What I realized is that it doesn't matter how big or small your film is. The actual filmmaking process, the actual storytelling,… — James Wan Copy Share Image
Your actors need to trust you as a director, but normally, I think you just need to have an open communication between… — James Wan Copy Share Image
'Saw' really was like a student film for me; we expected it to go straight to video. I never expected anyone to… — James Wan Copy Share Image
For me and my films, I want my audience to experience cinema in its full glory. It's not just visual, it's audio… — James Wan Copy Share Image
We're not just horror fans. We're film fans. I love action films. I want to do action films. I want to do… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I always try to better myself with every movie I make. I don't take anything sitting back, and so I try to… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I think the financial restraint really pushes me as a director to be more creative with the way I shoot the film. — James Wan Copy Share Image
I think that's my favorite thing about making scary movies, watching people watch them. When my films come out, I like to… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I love what I did in 'Death Sentence,' but that was a low budget action film. — James Wan Copy Share Image
I've always loved action movies. The first films I fell in love with were 'Star Wars' and Steven Spielberg films. — James Wan Copy Share Image
I always try to better myself with every movie I make. I don't take anything sitting back and so I try to… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I realized that my camera work could help me in a lot of ways to put the audience in the driver's seat, so to… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I've always said that with a lot of the horror franchises that I've started, it's like directing a pilot. I come in, I direct… — James Wan Copy Share Image
'Fast and Furious' is the only franchise that I've directed that I did not create from scratch. So it definitely was an eye-opening experience… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I grew up loving X-Men, Spider-Man and Batman. Those are obviously the key big ones, but there's always something kind of cool about Aquaman… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I guess, deep down, there's a dark side to us. I guess that's why movie fans really love the revenge drama. We like to… — James Wan Copy Share Image
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… — James Wan Copy Share Image
I don't like talking about sequels or spinoffs or franchise until they actually happen, until they actually work with the audience. — James Wan Copy Share Image
I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility makes things… — James Wan Copy Share Image
