{"author":"James Wan","author_id":"James+Wan","total_quotes":30,"quotes":[{"text":"I remembered a long time ago when 'A League of Their Own' came out, and they had the opening sequence with an older Geena Davis. We all just thought it was amazing, but you find out it actually wasn't Geena Davis; it wasn't makeup. It was basically finding an actress that looked like her, and then Geena just dubbed her voice.","author":"James Wan","tags":["time","thought","makeup "],"id":709,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"Language-wise, my mom and dad's dialect, they're pretty obscure. It's Chinese, but not your traditional Chinese, like Cantonese or Mandarin. It wasn't something that I got to use very much growing up. We eventually just spoke English around the house.","author":"James Wan","tags":["growing up","growing","house "],"id":7936,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"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.","author":"James Wan","tags":["ocean","imagination","space "],"id":21238,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"The thing that ultimately pushed me more towards 'Aquaman' is I love the possibility of creating a whole new world. I've always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom.","author":"James Wan","tags":["love","world","me "],"id":23075,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"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.","author":"James Wan","tags":["action","live","gun "],"id":33123,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"I took a break from horror I made three ghost movies back-to-back-to-back. ","author":"James Wan","tags":["ghost","horror","three "],"id":56457,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.","author":"James Wan","tags":["people","think","you "],"id":63171,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"We think craft is important, and the irony has always been that horror may be disregarded by critics, but often they are the best-made movies you're going to find in terms of craft. You can't scare people if they see the seams.","author":"James Wan","tags":["people","think","irony "],"id":114150,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"All my movies are about people with some ideology, but guess what? It never works out.","author":"James Wan","tags":["people","never","guess "],"id":154690,"author_id":"James+Wan"},{"text":"I believe in spirits. I believe in faith. I believe in spirituality. I believe in aliens as well.","author":"James Wan","tags":["believe","i believe","well "],"id":163836,"author_id":"James+Wan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":30,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}