Shawn Wayans
Shawn Wayans
Shawn Mathis Wayansis an American actor, DJ, producer, writer and comedian who starred in In Living Color, The Wayans Bros., and White Chicks. He is the brother of Keenen Ivory, Damon Sr., Marlon, Kim, Elvira, and Nadia Wayans...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth19 January 1971
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
character stuff would-be
A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character.
laughing want stuff
We still have that same burn, to get that same kind of laughs. So whether the studio wants us to or not, were going to do it. The money is just a byproduct of coming out with good stuff. Our whole thing is building that rapport with the audience.
couple funny movies next studios
The studios want this from us, but it's not all we do. So the next couple of movies we have planned, we want to do just a regular, funny comedy.
extend trying
And with our family, we are trying to extend our brand.
We like writing with each other; it's fun.
hit
You have to step up to the plate, and then hit one out of the park.
We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels.
audience block date due hit outside scary though work
For Scary Movie 2, we had a due date and had to work fast. And though there's a lot of pressure, as artists, we just block it out. So really, the pressure comes from us. That's how the first movie happened. There was no outside pressure: we wanted to hit the audience hard.
Now we have to hit them from a different angle.
scenes script
We all write, but the script is a blueprint. We can lose whole scenes when we're shooting.
carrying homage people
We pay homage to the people who came before, doing satires, like Mel Brooks; we're just carrying the torch.
good hard kids meets thug
It's like hard meets soft. The thug is how they dress, kind of street, but they're good kids and they make the right decisions.
exciting though
It's an exciting sport; it's fresh, even though it's been around for years,
exciting starting tap though
It's an exciting sport. It's fresh, even though it's been around for a while. For us, it's just starting to tap into our audience.