M. Night Shyamalan Quotes
When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.
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I do constantly get to change the way I look, which is sort of an old-school idea of acting.
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Whenever you have chemistry on-screen, then you have to be very attracted to the person.
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When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.
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I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.
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I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and of people who will see a world that I shall never know.
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When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.
