Author: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Quotes

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

- 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

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.

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

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

You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films.

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

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

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'm not on all the time. I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a 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

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