I've always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom. James Wan amazecreatecreation Change image and share on social
Language-wise, my mom and dad's dialect, they're pretty obscure. It's Chinese, but not your traditional Chinese, like Cantonese or Mandarin. It wasn't something that I got to use very much growing up. We eventually just spoke English around the house. James Wan cantonesechinesedad share on social
I never realized how much I cherished having creative freedom. James Wan cherishcreativefreedom Change image and share on social
I think a lot of the Disney cartoons are scary when you watch them at a young age. James Wan agecartoondisney Change image and share on social
The stuff I'm designing, I want my action scenes to be intense. James Wan actiondesignintense Change image and share on social
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 analogydirectfascination Change image and share on social
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 aquamanbatmanbig share on social
What I realized is that it doesn't matter how big or small your film is. The actual filmmaking process, the actual storytelling, it's still the same thing. It's still all about creating characters that you like and creating moments that get you excited or get you tense. James Wan actualbigcharacter share on social
As a filmmaker, you aspire to want to make movies that can hopefully stand the test of time, but you never know when that will happen or if that will happen. James Wan aspirefilmmakerhappen Change image and share on social
When I'm making a big movie, I miss and appreciate all the subtleties that come with making a smaller film that is more intimate, more personal. James Wan bigfilmintimate Change image and share on social
