#pro

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

#chose #conform #decision #going #hard

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

#approach #b-movie #call #crew #deal

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

— M. Night Shyamalan

#creative #had #i #i believe #i believe in

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

#big #big brother #brother #ended #filmmaker

Anything that activates the joy center in the brain makes you happy, and therefore protects you. Oddly enough, that's what they do in 'Harry Potter': The nurse gives the kids chocolates when they've been near the Dementors! ↗

— Jane Siberry

#been #brain #center #chocolates #enough

Definitely I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell, and I think she is a wonderful writer, so she is probably part of me. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#grew #i #i think #joni #joni mitchell

I brought a Border Collie back home to Vancouver from Wales - where some of my ancestors are from - and needed to challenge him in other ways than just being my pet. So I investigated sheep herding and took a few lessons, and decided I was probably learning more than my dog! ↗

— Jane Siberry

#back #being #border #brought #challenge

Maybe a part of me recognized how right the improvising spirit of jazz is. Not the sounds, but the freedom to work with musicians who work that way. It felt very natural to me, but I think there's a way to do it without it being a jazz record. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#felt #freedom #how #i #i think

The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical flourish. ↗

— Hugh Sidey

#easy #flourish #out #problems #rhetorical

That is the best Government, which best provides for war. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#government #provides #war #which