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You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes.
M. Night Shyamalan
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M. Night Shyamalan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 6
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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 storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them.
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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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I find it very eerie when somebody is being really polite.
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Sometimes we do not do things that we wish to do, so others will not know that we wish to do them.
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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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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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Basically, when I'm writing something, I think about what is the subject of the piece. The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is a variation on our fear of dying.
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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 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.
M. Night Shyamalan
Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
M. Night Shyamalan
Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form.
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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 its genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because were not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.
M. Night Shyamalan
I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.
M. Night Shyamalan
Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice].
M. Night Shyamalan
I love 'The Killing', I love 'Homeland' and 'Mad Men', all those shows that lean into the tone of things.
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