I prefer the smaller budget versus the bigger budget because the mentality that goes along with big budget filmmaking doesn't really suit me; the mind-set that money is the answer.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Big, Smaller, Prefer, Budget
I put the cameras on her and told her to be obnoxious as she could possibly could be. She was.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
She, Her, Cameras, Possibly
I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Process, Both Sides, Been, Filmmaking Process
The pressures having grown up in this business can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Mind, Rough, Having, Pressures
We do nods to Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible because they are popular with our fan base.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Mission, Angels, Fan, Base
We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Next, Like, Felt, Scary Movies
It's the teenage and university crowd, so we give them lots of sex jokes and gross humour.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Give, Lots, Gross, Jokes
I throw it all in there, Kung Fu, blaxploitation, horror.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Horror, Throw, Kung Fu, Kung
I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Smiling, Audience, Almost, Laughing
I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Fire, Calm, Just, Intimidating
There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Two, Movie, Then, Post-Production
You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Will, Movie, Films, Difficult Time
This is really a difficult time to be in films.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Time, Difficult, Films, Difficult Time
It's rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn't respond, you cut out whatever is holding the story down.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Audience, Screen, Cut, Respond
I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Big, Always, Prefer, Scary Movie
I put heavy emphasis on the characters.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Heavy, Characters, Put, Emphasis
I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Have Fun, More, Like, Thinker
I'm not on all the time. I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Have Fun, More, Like, Thinker
You never really know until you put the movie in front of an audience. I am a big advocate of screenings, which are getting harder and harder to do nowadays.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Big, Audience, Which, Advocate
You can kind of feel when things are going to work out.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Work, Kind, Going, Work Out
All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Need, Happen, Things, Things Happen
Just making a good movie is hard to do.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Movie, Hard, Making, Good Movie
I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience; what things are funny and not.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Doing, Think, Figure, Stand-Up Comedy
We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Will, Movie, Films, Par
Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Always, Answer, Prefer, Creative
I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Process, Go, Through, Encourage
You do what it takes. It was on me to deliver.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Me, You, Takes, Deliver
In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Thought, Give, Up, Rare
My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Sometimes, Able, Brothers, Focused
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