James Wan
James Wan

It's pretty scary to know how quickly time flies.

James Wan
James Wan

For me, what usually makes a horror sequence scary is the journey not the destination.

James Wan
James Wan

For me and my films, I want my audience to experience cinema in its full glory. It's not just visual, it's audio as well. It's emotional, and I want you to be engaged with not just the scene but with the characters.

James Wan
James Wan

'The Exorcist' is one of the finest movies ever made, and it just so happens to be a scary movie.

James Wan
James Wan

We all agreed that violence begets violence, and you can't solve issues with more violence.

James Wan
James Wan

'Poltergeist' was the film that scarred me for life. I saw it at such a young age - 5 or 6 years old - and it has one of the creepiest doll sequences with the clown, and ever since then, I've just been fascinated by dolls.

James Wan
James Wan

The size of the budget doesn't make that much of a difference because the kind of issues I have on a low budget film I I have on a big budget film as well, but they're just much bigger.

James Wan
James Wan

If you don't do the suspense correctly, then your jump scares are not going to work.

James Wan
James Wan

No one knows how much we went through to finish 'Furious 7.'

James Wan
James Wan

I never realized how much I cherished having creative freedom.

James Wan
James Wan

Having such a diverse cast and crew is what makes the 'Fast & Furious' films so unique to all the other studio tent pole films that just have a very singular look to them.

James Wan
James Wan

What the Internet has done is made it easier to stay in touch with people, and social networking has helped me career-wise by helping me keep in touch with my fans.

James Wan
James Wan

The flack I got for 'Saw' is why I wanted to direct 'Insidious 2.'

James Wan
James Wan

What's 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 I'm accused of being too much God.

James Wan
James Wan

Isn't it crazy to think that we've 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.

James Wan
James Wan

'Insidious 2' is a direct continuation of the first movie. We literally pick up from where we left off at the end of the first film. And whereas the first movie is a twist on the haunted house genre, the second movie is a twist on the classic domestic thriller.

James Wan
James Wan

If you care about the characters, then whatever scary thing happens to them, you feel it even more.

James Wan
James Wan

Not many people remember this, but in the first 'Death Wish' film, Charles Bronson doesn't actually go after the people that hurt his family: he just goes after every punk. He just blows them all away.

James Wan
James Wan

I think what 'Saw' did was really open up a huge branch of lots of these other movies that ultimately retroactively gave the first 'Saw' somewhat of a negative reputation.

James Wan
James Wan

When you create those characters that people love and care about and put them in a dark hallway, already the audience is on edge, and they feel empathy for that character. Then it's up to me to decide what jumps out in that hallway. So I think laying that foundation of strong characters and strong story is the most important thing in a horror film.