What makes horror movies work is the idea that "oh my God, what would I do if I were in that situation? How would I get out of that alive? What would I do if I saw the door 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 speak, to get them in there with the action, and to get them as close and be as intimate with what was going on on-screen as possible. — James Wan Copy Share
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 still, the idea of creating a huge world that is on our planet. — James Wan Copy Share
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
