M. Night Shyamalan Quotes

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.

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 Last Airbender’ is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie’s based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.

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