The Fall and Rise of M. Night Shyamalan

If Shyamalan has righted his career ship, he believes it s because he s sending the right energy out to the universe, focusing on the right stuff. (If, in his life and art, he has a tendency toward an idiosyncratic spirituality, you might credit the experience of growing up in a Hindu household while attending a Catholic grammar school.) If I m a songwriter, concentrate on the song, he says. Put no energy into the column of How will they receive the song? On set, he adds, I gave it my all, so the audience, when they come pay their money, they see an artist that gave everything he had, and risked everything. I was like a rookie. All in, angsting and sitting on the set as the sun is coming up. No trailer, freezing to death and wondering, Am I good enough? Can I make this shot work? Will we get the day? All those things that bring out the best in you. If it doesn t work out, I gave it my all. He wishes he could go back and tell the younger version of myself who was lying on the couch after Unbreakable opened and feeling like I had failed (because it didn t out-gross The Sixth Sense ) that he deserved to feel the same way.

via getpocket.com

Signs is one of my favorite movies of all time.