Top 183 Quotes by James Wan

About James Wan

These are some quotes by Australian author James Wan Producer, who was born on February 27, 1977.

Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.

Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.

James Wan

If you don't do the suspense correctly, then your jump scares are not going to work.

If you don't do the suspense correctly, then your jump scares are not going to work.

James Wan

I love a ghost story. I think they affect me more than other people that are much more skeptical than I am. I think that it's good that I do buy into them to some degree.

I love a ghost story. I think they affect me more than other people that are much more skeptical than I am. I think that it's good that I do buy into them to some degree.

James Wan

I think, like most people, we are familiar with Aquaman. We grew up reading or watching this character on the peripheral. I was never so in depth with Aquaman as, let's say, I was with X-Men.

I think, like most people, we are familiar with Aquaman. We grew up reading or watching this character on the peripheral. I was never so in depth with Aquaman as, let's say, I was with X-Men.

James Wan

As a director you're always so busy - you're go, go, go, you're always moving, moving, moving - so I'm not actually privy to all the weird stuff that's happening around me, but for a lot of the cast and crew, that's what I hear stories from them about weird stuff happening.

James Wan

When you conceive the scene, you go, 'That is scary, right?' When you shoot it, a lot of times you're not quite sure. Hopefully what you can shoot is what your conception is.

When you conceive the scene, you go, 'That is scary, right?' When you shoot it, a lot of times you're not quite sure. Hopefully what you can shoot is what your conception is.

James Wan

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.

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.

James Wan

I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility makes things a lot scarier, since your imagination tends to fill in the gaps.

I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility makes things a lot scarier, since your imagination tends to fill in the gaps.

James Wan

If I can get the audience to connect with the characters emotionally - and they love who they are, they love the larger-than-life situation that they're in, but most of all get the audience invested in the characters - then I always feel like I can sort of put them in the most outrageous circumstances, and the audience is okay to go with that.

James Wan

Just because I make movies in the scary world doesn't mean I want to visit scary worlds.

Just because I make movies in the scary world doesn't mean I want to visit scary worlds.

James Wan

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