M. Night Shyamalan Quotes
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I'm super confident about creative stuff, and I'm really not confident about human interactions stuff.
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You're saying, "I'm gonna do this thing," and you have to be aware, as a rational human being, that you may not be allowed back in.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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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.
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Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
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'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
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The combination of the CGI, 3-D, and sound effects, it's just impossible to separate them. It gives you a more immersive experience, and I prefer that.
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So 'The Last Airbender' 's philosophy and culture feels like a beautiful idea to me: That we inherently have connections to the elements and what they teach us, and to each other.
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If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.
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'The Exorcist' is the scariest movie ever made. It just felt dead-on real, like you were watching the existence of the devil.
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Being insecure – I'm a master, a virtuoso – they can be handing me the keys to the kingdom and all I can think is, I hope I don't drop the key.
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I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.
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I'm a big believer in our connection to nature.
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The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
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See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?
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I don't like to chase an audience. You can smell when someone is chasing an audience and it's not good.
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That's something we should be taught as kids: To be okay with ourselves.
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I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.
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My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.
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I had a desire to do TV and wanted to get in, in the right way, knowing that I was going to learn a lot, along the way.
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If ever I was feeling down I would go and write something. It's a form of escape.
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For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.
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People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance.
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There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just leaning too hard into something.