Following up on our previous thread, here’s an LA Times article from today, ostensibly a promo piece on his new movie The Happening, but actually more of a reflection on the young writer-director’s career. A quote from Shyamalan:

“My hope for the movie was a personal one,” he says. “I’m sick of feeling like I hope the cool people like me. I hope the teachers like me. You know that thing you do when you’re in school? And you’re in your mid-30s and you go, ‘I’m sick of feeling this way.’ And you kind of like have this urge to take all your clothes off and run outside and say, ‘Make fun of me. Are we done? Is that it? Good, let’s go on with our lives.’

“That really is what happened and I feel like I’ve been cleansed in some way.”