James Wan Quotes

We have to do a film parody for Comic Relief. We can't decide which film to parody at the moment. Any ideas welcome, but not Spiderman owing to costume being too tight.

You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.

Batroc is a laughable character. I'm the one who always makes fun of him.

I am a comedian and you guys know whatever I say, I don't mean any of it.

The only spoof I think is the title, which was just we thought of very early on and it kind of stuck.

No subject is unsuitable for comedy.

With anything you put out there, you're going to offend somebody, but most people get that it's a joke, that I'm playing a character, and that I'm actually making fun of what I'm saying by saying it.

You can't debate satire. Either you get it or you don't.

You can parody almost anything.

Humor is very interesting to me. My films are not comedies, but there's comedy in them from time to time, absurdities, just like in real life.

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.

I think one of the big things about comedy is the ability for the audience to identify.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

You can make fun of everything.

I don't really need to be dirty to be funny.

Humor is the truth; wit is an exaggeration of the truth.

Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

He sort of gets comic moments. Not a lot of directors do.

Everyone knows Aquaman, probably from all the animation he's been in over the years from the '70s and the '80s, entering him into the pop culture.

One of the first comic things you do is imitate.

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

Well, Mitt Romney is a very attractive comedic target. He's irresistible to me. I mean, seriously, I want to pay less attention to him.