Quotes by M. Night Shyamalan

About M. Night Shyamalan:

Manoj 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 (1999), the neo-noir superhero drama thriller Unbreakable (2000), the science fiction thriller Signs (2002), the psychological thriller The Village (2004), the fantasy thriller Lady in the Water (2006), the natural horror thriller The Happening (2008), the fantasy adventure film The Last Airbender (2010), the sci-fi action-adventure film After Earth (2013), and the horror film The Visit (2015). He is also known for filming and setting his films in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was raised, and for including plot twists in most of his works.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.

M. Night Shyamalan

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

M. Night Shyamalan

Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form.

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

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

M. Night Shyamalan

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

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

Are you in my dream too?

M. Night Shyamalan

I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.

M. Night Shyamalan

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

M. Night Shyamalan

For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.

M. Night Shyamalan

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.

M. Night Shyamalan

I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it's an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew, my actors, my ethics and so on. I guess that's my trademark or one of them, anyway!

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

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.

M. Night Shyamalan

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

M. Night Shyamalan

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

M. Night Shyamalan

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.

M. Night Shyamalan

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

M. Night Shyamalan

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

M. Night Shyamalan

Author Bio

  • NameM. Night Shyamalan
  • DescriptionIndian-American screenwriter, film director, and producer
  • AliasesManoj Shyamalan; Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
  • BornAugust 6, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Film Producer; Writer; Actor; Screenwriter
  • AwardsPadma Shri