Top 30 Quotes by Keenen Ivory Wayans

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.

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.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

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

I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2.

I throw it all in there, Kung Fu, blaxploitation, horror.

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.

You can kind of feel when things are going to work out.

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.

This is really a difficult time to be in films.