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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.
M. Night Shyamalan
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M. Night Shyamalan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 6
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Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan and member on the jedi council
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I want to make a bunch of small movies. I'm really interested in that for me in the future.
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I wouldn't describe myself as a do-gooder. That's really more my wife. I'm kind of just the obsessed guy who's been writing and making movies since I was a little kid, just in a room and make it.
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I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.
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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'm super confident about creative stuff, and I'm really not confident about human interactions stuff.
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Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom.
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You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes.
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I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool.
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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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For instance, The Sixth Sense had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.
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Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice].
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This is the problem with being Indian. It's hard to be one of the family members. Everybody is white usually [in the movie].
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The beauty is that we can blur film and TV a little bit more.
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You're never the same. You're degrading, or you're getting better. You don't stay the same.
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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 find your voice, your life takes on grace.
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