Top 183 Quotes by 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.

It kind of irks me that the studio films still have to be so safe even though they don't really cost as much to make.

No one knows how much we went through to finish 'Furious 7.'

I use myself as the barometer to gauge what is scary.

I think you kind of need to acknowledge that the reason why sequels do well is because people that loved the first one come back.

I love Sam Peckinpah.

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

I don't think action alone is enough to sustain a film franchise. There are tons of action movies out there that come and go and people don't care about.

It's actually smarter to make a dumb film.

I'm a big fan of suspense and tension filmmaking, and that was my goal with 'The Conjuring.'