M. Night Shyamalan Quotes

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M. Night Shyamalan

Profession : Director

Birth : August 6, 1970

There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I don't ever want to see that look in your eyes again.

M. Night Shyamalan

See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?

M. Night Shyamalan

Always in life bad times will lead to great times.

M. Night Shyamalan

'The Exorcist' is the scariest movie ever made. It just felt dead-on real, like you were watching the existence of the devil.

M. Night Shyamalan

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

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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 prefer that.

M. Night Shyamalan

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 motivation until the very end.

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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.

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My biggest fear in life is to be average.

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When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope.

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

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I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.

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That's something we should be taught as kids: To be okay with ourselves.

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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

Movie making is not like other art forms, like painting, or writing a novel, because that can be digested or interpreted... It takes two years to make each one of these, and it's always judged on money.

M. Night Shyamalan

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 it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.

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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 been getting all this attention.

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I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.

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Are you in my dream too?

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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.

M. Night Shyamalan