Quotes from M. Night Shyamalan


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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.


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


My normal cycle for movies is eighteen months and each part is separate.


My biggest fear in life is to be average.


Over the course of history, the people who are not scared go into the woods and are mauled by a bear, are not going to survive.


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.


So 'The Last Airbender' 's philosophy and culture feels like a beautiful idea to me: That we inherently have connections to the elements and what they teach us, and to each other.


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.


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.


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


If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea.


If ever I was feeling down I would go and write something. It's a form of escape.


I've never had an issue with studios. I believe in them as true creative partners in the process.


I'm a big believer in our connection to nature.


I grew up watching Steven Spielberg and scary movies.


I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.


When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.


There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?


The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.


The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.