M. Night Shyamalan Quotes
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I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.
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Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
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I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.
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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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'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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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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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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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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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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I'm super confident about creative stuff, and I'm really not confident about human interactions stuff.
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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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That's something we should be taught as kids: To be okay with ourselves.
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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'm a big believer in our connection to nature.
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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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If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.
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My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.
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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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If ever I was feeling down I would go and write something. It's a form of escape.
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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.
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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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I love 'The Killing', I love 'Homeland' and 'Mad Men', all those shows that lean into the tone of things.
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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.