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The whole world makes comic book movies now.

M. Night Shyamalan

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M. Night Shyamalan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 6
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Writer
Mayyazhi
Manoj Shyamalan
Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan and member on the jedi council
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Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
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I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew, my actors, my ethics and so on. I guess that's my trademark or one of them anyway!
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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.
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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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I always thought I was going to be the film guy until I died.
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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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I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them.
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You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes.
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The muscles that writers need for film are very different from TV muscles. Now, when I hire the writers and put the writers' room together, I know where their muscles need to be.
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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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I'm so from the Woody Allen/Spike Lee school.
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Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.
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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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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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