I always thought I was going to be the film guy until I died. M. Night Shyamalan More Quotes by M. Night Shyamalan More Quotes From M. Night Shyamalan I think one of my favorite things about making low budget movies is that when you get into expensive moviemaking territory, it's almost impossible not to reverse engineer the movies. It's irresponsible not to think about the result and the financial result. But when you make low budget movies, you can put that out of your head. M. Night Shyamalan territoryfavorites-thingsthinking I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them. M. Night Shyamalan thrillersshotsdraws I've been asked to direct pilots for a lot of shows. M. Night Shyamalan pilotsdirectshows 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. M. Night Shyamalan knowingdesireway The muscles that writers need for film are very different from TV muscles. Now, when I hire the writers and put the writers' room together, I know where their muscles need to be. M. Night Shyamalan differenttogetherneeds You don't want to watch classics with me 'cause I'm constantly writing notes. M. Night Shyamalan wantwritingwatches Most of the time, I don't watch classics with anybody. I have to be by myself. That's my classroom. M. Night Shyamalan classroomwatches I consider myself an independent filmmaker. M. Night Shyamalan filmmakerindependent You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen. M. Night Shyamalan greencuttingdirectors The beauty is that we can blur film and TV a little bit more. M. Night Shyamalan filmtvslittles I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies. M. Night Shyamalan independentfeelsworld Filmmakers have to find the right materials to match their [voice]. M. Night Shyamalan filmmakermaterialsvoice My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion. M. Night Shyamalan independentfashionphilosophy The whole world makes comic book movies now. M. Night Shyamalan comicbookworld I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies. M. Night Shyamalan minutescuttingdirectors Anime is intended to have ambiguous features. That's part of the art form. M. Night Shyamalan animeformart There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone. M. Night Shyamalan all-alone Always in life bad times will lead to great times. M. Night Shyamalan great-timesbad-times 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 miraclebelievepeople If I'm hesitant at all about an idea, then that's not the right idea. M. Night Shyamalan hesitantifsideas
