It was a giant puzzle that was very hard to wrap your head around, no one has faced anything as unprecedented as this. I couldn't just pick up the phone and say 'What did you do when this happened to you?'. James Wan More Quotes by James Wan More Quotes From James Wan I always believe your instinct is the most correct instinct. James Wan always-believeinstinctbelieve One of the things I tried to do is to kind of talk my actors through the scene, but at the same time let them know how I plan to shoot the film and just give them an insight into the way I'm thinking, so that when they're acting out their scene, they can kind of see it in their minds' eyes. James Wan eyegivingthinking Your actors need to trust you as a director, but normally, I think you just need to have an open communication between the actors and the director. I think the director needs to really paint his or her vision to the cast and let them know the kind of mood that he or she is making. I think that's very important. James Wan visioncommunicationthinking I'm a visual filmmaker so the camera is a big part of my storytelling tool and it's something that I really rely on to tell a scene or create the suspense that I need and create the emotion of a scene or a sequence. James Wan suspensecamerasneeds There's really no reason to rehash something that you've already seen. James Wan no-reasonreason I don't feel so strongly against remakes, but if I don't like it, I guess I just don't do it. It is what it is. Hollywood is driven by the financial system, so if they think that it has a brand and people are going to go see it because it's a recognizable property, they're going to remake it. James Wan hollywoodpeoplethinking I don't like talking about sequels or spinoffs or franchise until they actually happen, until they actually work with the audience. James Wan sequelsaudiencetalking Hollywood is just so strange. It's like, everyone has a whole bunch of stuff boiling away and whichever one happens first, happens. That one, we're still in the process of, you know, trying to write the script. So, it's still very early stages at this point. Yeah. James Wan hollywoodwritingtrying I think storytelling is storytelling. It doesn't matter what format it's shot on. James Wan storytellingmatterthinking Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social climate that we're living in. James Wan climateintellectualthinking If I'm smart as an artist, I wouldn't be a snob and turn it down, because I'd look at it and go, this is great stuff, but I definitely do want to experiment in other genres, or make films in other genres. James Wan smartartistlooks I think it's good for the fans, as well, because they get to connect with you directly. You know, in the old days, if I wanted to, like, write to (Steven) Spielberg or Sam Raimi or whatever, I'm not sure I could actually write a fan mail and (I'd) have no idea where to actually send it. Nowadays, you can just, like, follow Ashton (Kutcher who still has among the most followers on Twitter) or, like, friend someone, you know, on Facebook, and you can actually just say, "Hey, I like your stuff." James Wan writingi-like-youthinking If your franchise has been around for awhile you have to find ways to keep it fresh. James Wan has-beensifsway Marketing has taken such a complete shift, thanks to the internet. James Wan thanksmarketingtaken When you make movies, I find that I never have time to go to the movies and enjoy movies like I used to, because I'm so movied out, right, I'm so filmed out that the last thing that I wanna do is with the little spare time that I have is stick in a dark room and watch more stuff on the screen. James Wan darklittleswatches I'm a big movie fan, and I want to make movies in every genre. I want to make my romantic comedy one day. James Wan one-dayfanswant Luckily everyone felt the same way, the only thing to do here is to retire him gracefully and send him off in the most honorable way we could think of. James Wan company-news We were just emotionally stricken by it all and it took me a long time after the initial shock even to think about whether or not I could complete the film. James Wan company-news There were many sleepless nights poring over hours of footage trying to cull, not just for visuals, but also audio stuff Paul had done. James Wan company-news You may not quite understand the cinematic tricks that go behind the making of a film, but as long as you feel it, I think that's the important thing. James Wan feelthinkyoulong
