James Wan Quotes

I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.

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.

I really like sometimes to do action pictures; I get a really big kick out of doing those.

It's the demand of all demands to do a car chase that's unique because there are so many... really since the beginning of film, even in the silent era, 'The Keystone Cops.'

I look at American movies, the big muscles, and try to apply that to Chinese film-making.

Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.

I'd have liked to have leant against walls in thrillers.

I've heard The Demolitionist described, premise-wise, as 'RoboCop' meets 'The Crow' by way of 'La Femme Nikita'. That, as I see it, could not be more accurate.

I have never done a thriller, and it will just be really fun for me to heave and pant and run and climb and break windows and scream every once in a while.

'Jurassic Park' was able to get away with big, dynamic filmmaking that might be out of place in another kind of story.

I'd love to play in, like, a 'Lord of the Rings,' or something like that, or a James Bond or, you know, just something like with action, shooting.

Like, I'm a big fan of films from the '70s, like Cassavetes and things, where they just keep the dialogue really loose and just kind of roll, you know what I mean?

I have a lot of brothers. It's easy for me to do physical stuff. I had to survive. I really love it, and I'd love to do more of it. I want to do action films. I want to go and hang off of wires, and jump off of bridges, and hang on bungee cords. I've always really loved it.

I still like the run and gun action movies and how truly dangerous it can be to make these films.

A Bond movie falls into a specific genre, and you have to provide certain elements. You must respect the fact it's essentially about girls, guns, gadgets, and big action.

With action films, it's great if it's not just driven by action, but by a good story and interesting characters, as well. Though, there's nothin' like kicking butt!

Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters.

The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.

I enjoy the TV series 'Dexter,' where there's a reason for every kill. Quentin Tarantino is a favourite, and a 'Kill Bill' action-packed movie would be up my street. I'd love to be India's first scream queen!

I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.

It's always been the genres that fascinated me. I think great action movies and great thrillers are transformative.

The action-movie genre is a very difficult one to get satiated in terms of your acting bits.

A movie can be plain and simple, but if there's a lot of action, I enjoy them.

I like crime thrillers. I like heist movies.

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