204 Quotes by James Wan


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    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.

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    I'm a big fan of the 'Fast' franchise. I remember when I met Neal Moritz early on, I joked if Justin Lin ever left the franchise, I would be the perfect guy to slip right in and take over, and no one would know the difference.

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    I feel like, with most filmmakers of my generation, I like the over-the-top stuff. I like to be wacky and really in your face.

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    The very first movie that I ever saw in a theater was 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.'

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    'Saw,' in many ways, was like my student film. The first crappy student film you don't really want people to see.

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    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.

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    I'm always excited when I can discover new filmmakers.

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    We all agreed that violence begets violence, and you can't solve issues with more violence.

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