Shawn Wayans Quotes & Sayings

We pay homage to the people who came before, doing satires, like Mel Brooks; we're just carrying the torch. — Shawn Wayans

Yo! Hold my poodle! — Shawn Wayans

We definitely have our finger on the pulse. You have to keep up. We decide what to watch by what's funny. — Shawn Wayans

We still have that same burn, to get that same kind of laughs. So whether the studio wants us to or not, we're 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. — Shawn Wayans

You lose your privacy, and sometimes, people don't see you as human. — Shawn Wayans

We have always had gross humor. But we try for funny, not gross. — Shawn Wayans

Im sorry it's just a little case of PMS that's all ... Im just one big emotional wreck ... Could you guys go get me some Midol and a Snicker — Shawn Wayans

What a beautiful chocolate man! — Shawn Wayans

Get this jiggaboo away from me! — Shawn Wayans

There were challenges with production because of the special effects. There are just some things that, although written, special effects just isn't able to do. — Shawn Wayans

You have to step up to the plate, and then hit one out of the park. — Shawn Wayans

I knew when I was 6. I just knew it; I didn't care about nothing else. If I didn't make it in this world, I would probably be homeless. I gave myself that little to fall back on. — Shawn Wayans

They'll say, That's funny, but you can't do that on TV. — Shawn Wayans

We all write, but the script is a blueprint. We can lose whole scenes when we're shooting. — Shawn Wayans

Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen. — Shawn Wayans

We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels. — Shawn Wayans

We like writing with each other; it's fun. — Shawn Wayans

Now we have to hit them from a different angle. — Shawn Wayans

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. — Shawn Wayans

Any time something does that well, you gotta follow up. — Shawn Wayans

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. — Shawn Wayans

If you keep up with pop culture, everybody knows the joke. — Shawn Wayans