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Quotes by James Wan

I believe in spirits. I believe in faith. I believe in spirituality. I believe in aliens as well.

You know whats funny is, when I made Saw, I got accused of being a fascist; when I made Insidious, I got accused of being godless, and now I made the Conjuring films, and Im accused of being too much God.

I always felt that what is scary is actually hearing someone tell you what they think they see. That sense of invisibility makes things a lot scarier, since your imagination tends to fill in the gaps.

We live in a world that relies on technology.

Language-wise, my mom and dads dialect, theyre pretty obscure. Its Chinese, but not your traditional Chinese, like Cantonese or Mandarin. It wasnt something that I got to use very much growing up. We eventually just spoke English around the house.

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

I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.

Im a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day.

People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a lovable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films.

People are so used to seeing John Goodman as a loveable dad or the quirky characters he played in the Coen Brothers films.