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M. Night Shyamalan Quotes

Total quotes: 36
“[unimpressed after Malcolm Crowe's magic trick with coin] I didn't know you were funny.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: magic trick, unimpressed, Funny
“That's ridiculous. How can anyone possibly know that information? What else does it say?”
— Rev. Graham Hess, Signs
Tagged: Interrogation, Ridiculous
“Cole Sear: Instead of something I want, can it be something I don't want?

Malcolm Crowe: Okay...

Cole Sear: I don't wanna be scared anymore.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Scared, wishes
“Grandma says hi. [Lynn looks up sharply] She says she's sorry for taking the bumblebee pendant. She just likes it a lot.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Cruelty
“Cole Sear: Tell me the story about why you're sad.

Malcolm Crowe: You think I'm sad? [Cole nods] What makes you think that?

Cole Sear: Your eyes told me.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Sadness, Eyes, sad eyes
“[referring to the award his just received] Wow. We should hang it in the bathroom.”
— Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Awards
“[first lines]
Anna Crowe: It's getting cold.

Malcolm Crowe: That is one fine frame; one fine frame that is. How much... [he sits down with a grunt]”
— Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: cold
“[to Cole] If you could change something in your life, anything at all, what would it be?”
— Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Change, wishes
“[when Cole comes to Lynn to ask to sleep in her bed] Look at my face; I'm not very mad.”
— Lynn Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: i aint' mad at ya
“Everybody in this family needs to just calm down and eat some fruit or something.”
— Rev. Graham Hess, Signs
Tagged: Calm Down, eat fruit
“Morgan, after you were born, the doctor gave you to your mother. When she first looked at you, you just stared right back. You both just stared at each other for longest time, and you didn't even cry.”
— Rev. Graham Hess, Signs
Tagged: Birth, Mothering, newborn
“De profundis clamo ad te, domine. Out of the depths, I cry to you, O lord.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: latin, prayer
“Cole Sear: She came a long way to visit me, didn't she?

Malcolm Crowe: I guess she did.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Long Journey
“[to Anna] I would like some wine in a glass, I would not like it in a mug, I would not like it in a jug.”
— Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: glass of wine, Dr. Seuss
“I want to tell you my secret now.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Secret, Confession
“There are a lot of things I can take, and some things I can't. But what I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I don't ever want to see that look in your eyes again.”
— Merrill Hess, Signs
Tagged: Faith, Despair
“This is exactly what the nerds want...”
— Merrill Hess, Signs
Tagged: Nerds
“I don't know who you are but you did something to my thoughts.”
— Cleveland Heep, Lady in the Water
Tagged: strange, Changes, Unanswered Questions
“I'm ready to communicate with you now.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Ready, Communicate
“Anna Crowe, I am in love...in love I am.”
— Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: In love
“Look at my face; I was not thinking anything bad about you.”
— Lynn Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: look at my face
“The police are here. I am with them. I am a police officer. I just want to talk with you. We know all about the hoax. We already took some of your friends downtown in a paddy wagon. Just tell us your name and why you did it, and we'll give you the same deal we gave the others. Don't throw your life away, son.”
— Rev. Graham Hess, Signs
Tagged: Police, Friends, Hoax
“The nerds were right.”
— Merrill Hess, Signs
Tagged: Nerds
“My firearm is my friend! It will not leave my side!”
— Private Auster, The Happening
Tagged: Natural Disaster Movies, firearms, Friend
“Malcolm Crowe: Wanna play a game? It's a mind-reading game. Here's how it works. I read your mind. If what I say is right, you take one step towards the chair. If what I say is wrong, you take one step back... towards the doorway. If you reach the chair, you sit down. If you reach the door, you can go. Wanna play? [Cole nods] Okay... When your mother and father were first divorced, your mom went to see a doctor like me, and he didn't help her. So you think I'm not going to be able to help you. [Cole takes a step forward] You're worried that she said she told him things—things she couldn't tell anyone else... Secrets. [Cole takes another step forwards] You have a secret, but you don't want to tell me. [Cole takes another step forwards…looking at Cole's watch] Your dad gave you that watch as a present just before he went away. [Cole takes a step back]

Cole Sear: He forgot it in a drawer. Doesn't work.

Malcolm Crowe: You keep pretty quiet in school, but... you're a good student, you've never really been in any serious trouble. [Cole takes another step back]

Cole Sear: We were supposed to draw a picture. Anything we wanted. I drew a man. He got hurt in the neck by another man with a screwdriver.

Malcolm Crowe: You saw that on TV, Cole? [Cole steps back again]

Cole Sear: Everyone got upset. They had a meeting. Mom started crying. I don't draw like that anymore.

Malcolm Crowe: How do you draw now?

Cole Sear: I draw... people smiling, dogs running, rainbows. They don't have meetings about rainbows.

Malcolm Crowe: No, I guess they don't.

Cole Sear: What am I thinking now?

Malcolm Crowe: I don't know what you're thinking now. [Cole takes his last step back towards the door]

Cole Sear: I was thinking... you're nice, but you can't help me. [walks away]”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Mind-Reading, Games
“Stanley Cunningham: Philadelphia is one of the oldest cities in this country. A lot of generations have lived here and died here. Almost any place you go in this city has a history and a story behind it. Even this school and the grounds it sits on. Can anyone guess what this building was used for a hundred years ago, before you went to this school, before I went to this school? Yes, Cole?

Cole Sear: They used to hang people here.

Stanley Cunningham: No, uh, that, mm-mm, that's not correct. Uh, where'd you hear that?

Cole Sear: They'd pull the people in, crying and kissing their families 'bye. People watching would spit at them.

Stanley Cunningham: Uh, Cole, this, this building was a legal courthouse. Laws were passed here. Some of the very first laws of this country. This whole building was full of, uh, lawyers, uh, lawmakers.

Cole Sear: They were the ones that hanged everybody.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Philadelphia, Hanging, Public Hanging
“Malcolm Crowe: Do you know what free association writing is, Cole?

Cole Sear: No.

Malcolm Crowe: Free association writing is when you take a pencil in your hand and you put the pencil to a piece of paper and you start writing. You don't look at or think about what you're writing. And after a while, you keep writing long enough, words and thoughts come out that you didn't even know you had in you. It could be something you heard, something you saw, or feelings you had deep inside of you. Have you done any free association writing, Cole?

Cole Sear: Yes.

Malcolm Crowe: What did you write?

Cole Sear: Upset words.

Malcolm Crowe: Did you write any upset words before your father left?

Cole Sear: I don't remember.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: free association writing
“Cole Sear: I see dead people.

Malcolm Crowe: In your dreams? [Cole shakes his head no] While you're awake? [Cole nods] Dead people like, in graves? In coffins?

Cole Sear: Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.

Malcolm Crowe: How often do you see them?

Cole Sear: All the time. They're everywhere.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: dead people, Dreams, zombies
“Cole Sear: I walk this way to school with Tommy Tammisimo.

Malcolm Crowe: He your best buddy?

Cole Sear: He hates me.

Malcolm Crowe: Do you hate him?

Cole Sear: No.

Malcolm Crowe: Did your mom set that up?

Cole Sear: Yes.

Malcolm Crowe: Do you ever talk to your mom about how things are with Tommy?

Cole Sear: I don't tell her things.

Malcolm Crowe: Why not?

Cole Sear: Because she doesn't look at me like everybody else, and I don't want her to. I don't want her to know.

Malcolm Crowe: Know what?

Cole Sear: That I'm a freak.

Malcolm Crowe: Hey...you are not a freak. Okay? Don't you believe anybody that tries to convince you of that. That's bullshit! You don't have to go through your life believing that. Okay?

Cole Sear: You said the 's' word.

Malcolm Crowe: Yeah... I know. Sorry.”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Freaks, School, Mom, Bullshit
“People break down into two groups. When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance. I'm sure the people in group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in a very suspicious way. For them, the situation is a fifty-fifty. Could be bad, could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they're on their own. And that fills them with fear. Yeah, there are those people. But there's a whole lot of people in group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them. And that fills them with hope. See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky? Or, look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?”
— Rev. Graham Hess, Signs
Tagged: groups, Miracles, Signs, suspicion, Luck
“One time, I was at this party... and I was sitting on the couch with Amanda McKinney. She was just sitting there, looking beautiful. So, I lean in to kiss her, and I realize I have gum in my mouth. So, I turn to spit it out and put it in a paper cup. I turn back, and Amanda McKinney throws up all over herself. I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.”
— Merrill Hess, Signs
Tagged: Kissing, Chewing Gum, scarred
“Cole Sear: [angrily] I don't like it when people look at me like that!

Stanley Cunningham: Like what?

Cole Sear: Stop it!

Stanley Cunningham: I don't know how else to look, I...

Cole Sear: You're a stuttering Stanley!

Stanley Cunningham: Excuse me?

Cole Sear: You talked funny when you went to school. You talked funny all the way to high school.

Stanley Cunningham: What...

Cole Sear: You shouldn't look at people, it makes them feel bad!

Stanley Cunningham: How did you...

Cole Sear: [screams] Stop looking at me!

Stanley Cunningham: [stutters] Who have you b-b-been speaking to?

Cole Sear: [repeatedly] Stuttering Stanley! Stuttering Stanley!

Stanley Cunningham: S-s-stop it!”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Stuttering, staring
“Malcolm Crowe: Do you know what 'Yo no quiero morir' means? It's Spanish. It means 'I don't want to die.' What do you think these ghosts want when they talk to you? I want you to think about it, Cole. I want you to think about it really carefully.

Cole Sear: Just help.

Malcolm Crowe: That's right. That's what I think, too. They just want help, even the scary ones. I think I might know a way to make them go away.

Cole Sear: How?

Malcolm Crowe: Listen to them.

Cole Sear: What if they don't want help? What if they're just angry and they just want to hurt somebody?

Malcolm Crowe: I don't think that's the way it works.

Cole Sear: How do you know for sure?”
— Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Ghosts, i don't want to die
“Malcolm Crowe: Once upon a time there was this person named Malcolm. He worked with children. He loved it. He loved it more than anything else. And then one night, he found out that he made a mistake with one of them. He couldn't help that one. And he can't stop thinking about it, he can't forget. Ever since then, things have been different. He's not the same person that he used to be. And his wife doesn't like the person that he's become. They barely speak anymore, they're like strangers. And then one day Malcolm meets this wonderful little boy, a really cool little boy. Reminds him a lot of the other one. And Malcolm decides to try and help this new boy. 'Cause he feels that if he can help this new boy, it would be like helping that other one, too.

Cole Sear: How does the story end?

Malcolm Crowe: I don't know.”
— Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: Mistakes
“Malcolm Crowe: [to Anna sleeping in a chair] Anna?

Anna Crowe: [in her sleep] I miss you.

Malcolm Crowe: I miss you, too.

Anna Crowe: Why, Malcolm?

Malcolm Crowe: What, what is it?

Anna Crowe: Why did you leave me?

Malcolm Crowe: I didn't leave you. [the ring Anna is holding falls out of her hand to the floor, and Malcolm suddenly remembers everything]”
— Malcolm Crowe, The Sixth Sense
Tagged: I Miss You
“When you say fear of the unknown, that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe. Over the course of history, the people who are not scared go into the woods and are mauled by a bear, are not going to survive. It comes from making things familiar to you unfamiliar to you. I like to do very gentle things to make you unfamiliar, rather than blood on the walls, that kind of thing.”
— M. Night Shyamalan, The Village- Interview
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