Author: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Quotes

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.

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

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

- Keenen Ivory Wayans

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

This is really a difficult time to be in films.

This is really a difficult time to be in films.

- Keenen Ivory Wayans

I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker.

I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker.

- Keenen Ivory Wayans

In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.

In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.

- Keenen Ivory Wayans

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