James Wan

I come from a very straight and adjusted suburban background.

— James Wan

I realized that my camera work could help me in a lot of ways to put the audience in the driver's seat,…

— James Wan

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

'Fast and Furious' is the only franchise that I've directed that I did not create from scratch. So it definitely was an…

— James Wan

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…

— James Wan

I guess, deep down, there's a dark side to us. I guess that's why movie fans really love the revenge drama. We…

— James Wan

You can never have too much good blessing.

— James Wan

Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social…

— James Wan

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

— James Wan

We live in a world that relies on technology.

— James Wan

I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility…

— James Wan

I grew up loving X-Men, Spider-Man and Batman.

— James Wan

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

'Death Sentence' really is a throwback to the '70s style revenge drama with moments of action. It's like a contemporary 'Death Wish'…

— James Wan

When you work with an actor and then you discover new things that are better, I think you gotta be free to…

— James Wan

I am my own worst critic, and I look at 'Death Sentence' now, and I go, 'Oh wow, I have really come…

— James Wan

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

One of the things I tried to do is to kind of talk my actors through the scene, but at the same…

— James Wan

I remembered a long time ago when 'A League of Their Own' came out, and they had the opening sequence with an…

— James Wan

When you make movies, I find that I never have time to go to the movies and enjoy movies like I used…

— James Wan

I think it's good for the fans, as well, because they get to connect with you directly. You know, in the old…

— James Wan

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

— James Wan

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

— James Wan

I think, when you're a director, you get sucked into your project whether you like it or not, right?

— James Wan

We're terrified of shocks but we're so fascinated by it at the same time. We're terrified of spiders and reptiles and all…

— James Wan