Night Shyamalan
Night Shyamalan
Manoj Shyamalan, known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian-American film director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actor known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots. His major films include the supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense, the superhero drama thriller Unbreakable, the science fiction thriller Signs, the psychological thriller The Village, the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water, the natural thriller The Happening, the fantasy adventure film The Last Airbender, the sci-fi action-adventure film After Earth, the found-footage horror film...
ideas ifs right-ideas
If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.
character frustration color
A TV show where all of the characters are trying to figure out what's going on, and the suspense of that, fits my [voice] really well. You feel their frustration, anger and fear, and then, when the reveal happens, their sense of dread or horror, or whatever it is, and I like to paint with those colors.
buddhist art philosophy
'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.
two numbers people
People break down into two groups when the 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.
all-alone
There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
halloween writing scare
I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
voice grace
When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.
cutting directors minutes
I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.
fashion philosophy independent
My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.
independent world feels
I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.
school woody
I'm so from the Woody Allen/Spike Lee school.
writing people sometimes
Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.
knowing desire way
I had a desire to do TV and wanted to get in, in the right way, knowing that I was going to learn a lot, along the way.
writing want causes
You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes.