Film Quotes by M. Night Shyamalan

18 Film quotes by M. Night Shyamalan

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M. Night Shyamalan’s eighteen comments on movies reveal the twists, atmospheres, and psychological beats that define his work. The collection captures his knack for blending suspense with human drama.

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I always thought I was going to be the film guy until I died.

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I consider myself an independent filmmaker.

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The beauty is that we can blur film and TV a little bit more.

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Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice].

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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…

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You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.

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Saw # Birdman . Such singular, audacious filmmaking. Can't stop thinking about the ending.

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Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of…

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My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.

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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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One of the reasons I really love low budget filmmaking is you don't have to think about that as much. You can…

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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…

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Movie making is not like other art forms, like painting, or writing a novel, because that can be digested or interpreted... It…

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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…

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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…

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I think one of my favorite things about making low budget movies is that when you get into expensive moviemaking territory, it's…

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My directing style is long takes. The longer take I can do, the more I can think of not doing it in…

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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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Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.

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Are you in my dream too?

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So 'The Last Airbender' 's philosophy and culture feels like a beautiful idea to me: That we inherently have connections to the elements and…

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I'm so from the Woody Allen/Spike Lee school.

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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…

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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…

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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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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…

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Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.

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People break down into two groups when the experience something lucky. Group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They…

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My secret to all casting, and specifically kids, is cast good human beings.

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My grandparents were classic Indian grandparents. My grandmother would put so much powder on her face that it was like a Kabuki play and…

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Always in life bad times will lead to great times.

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I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.

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I don't like to chase an audience. You can smell when someone is chasing an audience and it's not good.

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