Quotes by James Wan

Thats the thing about Aquaman thats cool is hes not an alien, right? Hes from our planet, and hes from a society that were not privy to in the context of the story.

Isnt it crazy to think that weve explored space more than we have explored the depths of our ocean? That just fires up my imagination about potential sea monsters and cool creatures, that kind of stuff.

Fast and Furious is the only franchise that Ive directed that I did not create from scratch. So it definitely was an eye-opening experience for me coming to that world. I had to be respectful of the roles that had been established by the filmmakers before me, and I was cool with that.

My low-budget films, more than anything, taught me that youve got to create cool, likable characters and great stories because, if you dont, it doesnt matter how cool it might look - no one is going to care about it.

I always say, what is cool for me with The Conjuring, is its not just another scary set piece or another scary case; its more about what I can do with the characters of Ed and Lorraine Warren.

Theres something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that Im working on.

I grew up loving X-Men, Spider-Man and Batman. Those are obviously the key big ones, but theres always something kind of cool about Aquaman still, the idea of creating a huge world that is on our planet.

Its pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.

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 wasnt Geena Davis; it wasnt makeup. It was basically finding an actress that looked like her, and then Geena just dubbed her voice.

Aquamans such an amazing character.

The thing that ultimately pushed me more towards Aquaman is I love the possibility of creating a whole new world. Ive always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom.

Ive always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom.

I use myself as the barometer to gauge what is scary. I like to think if something scares me, then theres a very good chance an audience will feel the same way.

I like to think if something scares me, then theres a very good chance an audience will feel the same way. The key is creating scenarios that people can relate to.

Im terrified of the supernatural things, which is why Im very grateful that I dont see things like that. Because if I did see things of the paranormal persuasion, I dont think Id be able to continue making scary movies.

I took a break from horror I made three ghost movies back-to-back-to-back.

For me, the sound design and the musical score is a big part of what makes scary movies work.

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.

We think craft is important, and the irony has always been that horror may be disregarded by critics, but often they are the best-made movies youre going to find in terms of craft. You cant scare people if they see the seams.

All my movies are about people with some ideology, but guess what? It never works out.