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
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.
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.
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.
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.
chewing era flipping fun funny garbage grew gum kids miss reading wacky
We grew up in the Garbage Pail Kids era with the Wacky Packs. We miss that kind of fun we used to have when we were kids, flipping through the packs and chewing the gum and reading the funny little jokes.
pop starting tap
To us, it's just kind of starting to tap into our audience, and we're excited. We need to be part of that transition, because it is pop culture.