Shawn Wayans Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Shawn Wayans Quotes and Sayings
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A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character.
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Any time something does that well, you gotta follow up.
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For Scary Movie 2, we had a due date and had to work fast. And though there's a lot of pressure, as artists, we just block it out. So really, the pressure comes from us. That's how the first movie happened. There was no outside pressure: we wanted to hit the audience hard.
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I knew when I was 6. I just knew it; I didn't care about nothing else. If I didn't make it in this world, I would probably be homeless. I gave myself that little to fall back on.
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If you keep up with pop culture, everybody knows the joke.
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Now we have to hit them from a different angle.
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There were challenges with production because of the special effects. There are just some things that, although written, special effects just isn't able to do.
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They'll say, That's funny, but you can't do that on TV.
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We all write, but the script is a blueprint. We can lose whole scenes when we're shooting.
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We definitely have our finger on the pulse. You have to keep up. We decide what to watch by what's funny.
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We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels.
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We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross.
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We like writing with each other; it's fun.
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We pay homage to the people who came before, doing satires, like Mel Brooks; we're just carrying the torch.
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We still have that same burn, to get that same kind of laughs. So whether the studio wants us to or not, we're going to do it. The money is just a byproduct of coming out with good stuff. Our whole thing is building that rapport with the audience.
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Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen.
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You have to step up to the plate, and then hit one out of the park.
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You lose your privacy, and sometimes, people don't see you as human.
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