I don't know if I can see myself writing another 'Saw' film. It's such a special part of my life, and I almost don't want to ruin it by going back. Leigh Whannell More Quotes by Leigh Whannell More Quotes From Leigh Whannell I remember telling ghost stories with my cousins when I was four, five, six-years-old. I've just always loved it. But I think you're drawn to things you're terrified of. Leigh Whannell cousin ghost thinking I love watching audiences scream. I imagine it's the same joy that a director feels who has made a comedy when he or she is sitting at the back of a theater listening to the audience laugh. That sound of laughter is so sweet to a comedy director and that's exactly how a horror film feels when you hear the audience scream. Leigh Whannell laughter sweet laughing Horror films are very functional like comedies. The main thing with a comedy, the big question is "is it funny?" And with horror the question is "is it scary?" Leigh Whannell comedy horror scary The problem with acting is that there's really no control. You're at the behest of others. Everyone else decides if you did a good job and you have to wait for other people's permission to work as an actor. Leigh Whannell waiting jobs people What I love about writing is that you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the morning, grab a pad and pen and start writing. With acting you're really beholden to everyone else. Leigh Whannell acting writing morning I feel like with the first 'Insidious' film we had a massive cache of stories and scares that we'd built up over the years. It was like a band, you know they say a band has forever to write their first album because no one cares. Leigh Whannell they-say feel know you That's what I love about writing is you don't need anyone's permission to do it. You can just get up in the morning, grab a pad and pen and start writing. Leigh Whannell pen you morning love Somewhere along the way, the ability to make terrifying big budget films like 'The Exorcist' or 'The Shining' was lost, and I don't know if we'll ever get it back. Leigh Whannell back know lost way I always want to fulfill genre expectations and think that should be the bedrock of any film - then you can layer in thematics. Leigh Whannell think you expectations want I'm still a big believer in movie theaters, and going to see movies in public. Leigh Whannell going movies big see Upgrade' was a hard one to make. Leigh Whannell upgrade make hard Creating 'Upgrade' was really something I enjoyed even though it was stressful. I would do it all again. Leigh Whannell again something enjoyed creating You never meet other screenwriters because it's such a lonely profession. Leigh Whannell meet never you lonely A lot of low-budget genre films you see are horror movies, because horror is the friendliest movie to lack of money. Leigh Whannell movies see you money The thing I love the most about low budget films is the creative freedom. Leigh Whannell budget freedom creative love I like pointing the camera at the actors and letting them fight. Don't let the camera do the fighting for you, and don't let the camera give them the adrenaline hit. Let the people in the frame do that. Leigh Whannell fight you fighting people If I'm going to live in Sydney, I want to live on Bondi Beach. Leigh Whannell live sydney want beach Every now and again, something will pop into my head when I'm driving or I'm in the shower, you'll just get an image and it stays with you. It doesn't have to be much, it doesn't have to be a story, it could just be an image. But it won't leave your head and that's when you know you've got something. Leigh Whannell story know you driving What I feel like science fiction fans respond to is just people trying to hit them with something new, something they haven't seen. And if you do that you'll be okay. Leigh Whannell feel you science people I remember when James Wan and I did the first 'Saw' movie, a lot of people would say to us, 'Well, you left the door open for a sequel.' And we would say, 'No, we literally closed the door!' We thought it was a nice ending. Little did we know that the producers had other ideas once the film was a hit. Leigh Whannell ending you remember people
