I love stage actors. The pool of world class actors that have done theater [is big], there's a higher opportunity of grabbing somebody from that pool.
M. Night ShyamalanI 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 ShyamalanThere's no staying where you were. If you're not doing anything, your skills and point of view are atrophying.
M. Night ShyamalanMovies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.
M. Night ShyamalanPeople break down into two groups. When they 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.
M. Night ShyamalanI 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