The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
I want to make a bunch of small movies. I'm really interested in that for me in the future. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
Saw # Birdman . Such singular, audacious filmmaking. Can't stop thinking about the ending. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen. — 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
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
I love my stories being multi-layered, and coming at it from different angles, so that you don't understand the film's true emotional… — 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… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
I try to take B genre movies and treat them as if they're A dramas. Get the cinematographers, get the actors to… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've… — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I really love low budget filmmaking is you don't have to think about that as much. You can… — 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
