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Keenen Ivory Wayans
June 8, 1958 -
Nationality: American
Category: Comedian
Subcategory: American Comedian

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

   

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

   

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'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all.

   

It's the teenage and university crowd, so we give them lots of sex jokes and gross humour.

   

All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen.

   

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

   

Slot machines are like crack for old people.

   

My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.

   

You do what it takes. It was on me to deliver.

   

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

   

This is really a difficult time to be in films.

   

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.

   

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.

   

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.

   

I put heavy emphasis on the characters.

   

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

   

We do nods to Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible because they are popular with our fan base.

   

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.

   

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.

   

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