Keenen Ivory Wayans
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Keenen Ivory Wayans, Sr.is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and a member of the Wayans Family of entertainers. He first came to prominence as the host and co-creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed and/or written a large number of films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he co-wrote, in 1987. A majority of these films have included him and one or more of his brothers and sisters in the cast. One of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 June 1958
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The worst thing that can happen is you shoot something six months before you release it because a whole lot can happen in six months.
It's really hard to take this stuff seriously. A lot of it is sexual, but it's not offered up that way. It's just body parts, gross kind of stuff.
This is really a difficult time to be in films.
I throw it all in there, Kung Fu, blaxploitation, horror.
I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker.
I put a scare in everybody to make the date even as I kept shooting. But That's the good thing about coming from a low-budget world.
I opened for Prince at the Houston Coliseum in front of 10,000 people. I said, Hi, and they booed. They didn't want to see me. It can be a tough time.
I put heavy emphasis on the characters.
You do what it takes. It was on me to deliver.
Just making a good movie is hard to do.
I put the cameras on her and told her to be obnoxious as she could possibly could be. She was.
In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.
I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.
You just can't make any movie and it will be good now. This is a really a difficult time to be in films.