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.

'Poltergeist' was really the film that really scarred but fascinated me with puppets and dolls, clowns, and stuff like that. I've always been afraid of clowns, and then my fear of puppets came around, and 'Poltergeist' was the perfect combination to scare me with a clown doll.

James Wan

If you come down to it, there's only a handful of worlds that action films live in. You have your car chases, your gun fights, and your fights.

If you come down to it, there's only a handful of worlds that action films live in. You have your car chases, your gun fights, and your fights.

James Wan

There's two aspects of film crafting that I'm very strict about, and that's how I move my camera and where I cut the film.

There's two aspects of film crafting that I'm very strict about, and that's how I move my camera and where I cut the film.

James Wan

My first film out of the gate was financially so successful that I guess, being in Hollywood, you get kind of put into a certain box.

My first film out of the gate was financially so successful that I guess, being in Hollywood, you get kind of put into a certain box.

James Wan

I love my genre films, but I think when I get older, the way I tell it will be very different to how I told it when I was in my mid-twenties, which is how old I was when I made the first 'Saw.'

I love my genre films, but I think when I get older, the way I tell it will be very different to how I told it when I was in my mid-twenties, which is how old I was when I made the first 'Saw.'

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' with a much more thriller style storyline, but the action scenes I shot very much in the style of '70s films like 'The French Connection.'

James Wan

I don't have anything against CGI.

I don't have anything against CGI.

James Wan

I guess I have a fascination with the idea of puppeteering. I think, in a lot of ways, directing is puppeteering. I guess I see a lot of analogies between what puppeteers and filmmakers do.

I guess I have a fascination with the idea of puppeteering. I think, in a lot of ways, directing is puppeteering. I guess I see a lot of analogies between what puppeteers and filmmakers do.

James Wan

I remembered a long time ago when 'A League of Their Own' came out, and they had the opening sequence with an older Geena Davis. We all just thought it was amazing, but you find out it actually wasn't Geena Davis; it wasn't makeup. It was basically finding an actress that looked like her, and then Geena just dubbed her voice.

James Wan

'Poltergeist' was the film that scarred me for life. I saw it at such a young age - 5 or 6 years old - and it has one of the creepiest doll sequences with the clown, and ever since then, I've just been fascinated by dolls.

James Wan

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