204 Quotes by James Wan

So many movies get made, and so many go to VOD, which is a market I admire.

Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Sixth Sense' or 'The Others,' it's more building up the characters and building up the situation as opposed to just opening with a big action set piece.

'Insidious' is independent. It's like the 'Clerks' of horror films, you know?

I'm such an action movie junkie that as an action fan, because action scenes are so heightened, we could never really picture ourselves in that scene. So when you're watching an action movie, you experience an action movie more outside of the aquarium: you know you're out of the aquarium looking in at all the swimming fish that are in there.

I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous, and you cannot take anything for granted.

I've made one action movie. But nobody saw it, so I guess that doesn't count for most people.

I always try to better myself with every movie I make. I don't take anything sitting back, and so I try to learn from every film I make and carry that onto the next movie because I think it's important as a filmmaker to keep growing with each film, and I think I am growing with each movie.

Favorite movie of all time? I hate being asked... that's like being asked, 'What's your favorite song?'

I think I'm a very sentimental person. Conscious or not, that's what draws me to the kind of films I want to make.