You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
Movie making is not like other art forms, like painting, or writing a novel, because that can be digested or interpreted... It… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
So 'The Last Airbender' 's philosophy and culture feels like a beautiful idea to me: That we inherently have connections to the elements and… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
The muscles that writers need for film are very different from TV muscles. Now, when I hire the writers and put the writers' room… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
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… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
People break down into two groups when the experience something lucky. Group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki play and… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
