Megalyn Echikunwoke Quotes

I believe what makes great television is wanting to watch particular characters.

It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.

At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I've failed.

I think there's a lot of elements that go into making a really awesome horror film and that's like putting together like a real good group of people that you love to watch them either live or die.

I feel like, sometimes, characters that are just good and nice can seem boring or uninteresting.

I'm never interested in movies where you don't care about the people you're watching, and that's my biggest quibble about horror, that kids have gotten stupider and stupider.

I think TV is all about caring, and if you don't care about a character in a drama or a person when they get voted out of a reality show, it's bad TV. I wouldn't care if you dropped a bomb on the 'Big Brother' house.

I think television is about the characters you want to see again, and so you want to invite these people into your home. And certainly, seeing them get into bad situations and then watching them have to get themselves out, that's always super satisfying.

I try to create characters people want to sit with, even if nothing is happening.

I have to make sure, when you start seeing a film, you are going to see it until the end. I have to, of course, entertain you a little bit. The real question is how far do I go?

One of the reasons wrestling works is because it allows people to suspend their disbelief. They may know it's not real, but if it's done well enough, they get sucked into it emotionally. And that's why they watch.

The court dramas shown in films and TV are often superficial. They should have a gripping storyline, which can keep the audience hooked.

There's so many great wrestlers in this sport who could probably work circles around me and it's amazing to see that, but I love being the kind of character who can take you on a roller coaster, make you smile and laugh.

My criteria is always, 'Would I go see this movie? Is this character something I've never done? Who is the director? Do they inspire me?'

It's always really cool as an actor to have a character that people want to see the best for.

People love storylines. They love them because at some point, the talent will get people emotionally invested.

I'm not very particular about the commercial angle in my films, but entertainment is very important.

I don't consider myself an image-driven actor. I believe audiences come to watch my films because they are entertaining and not because of my image.

NXT is unpredictable, and they are not afraid to tell a lot of different stories and compelling stories.

Audiences are always open to an interesting story.

Without talent, I don't care how funny the writers are or how many comedy lines they come up, without wrestlers you can't have a wrestling program.

If the script is boring when I read it, I am sure it would be boring onscreen, too.

Small events and some songs and dance do not make a film. A film needs to have a proper structure and there has to be an output which would be relevant to people who watch it.

For me, my first hearing of the script matters. It has to excite me as an actor and as an audience.

Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn't. It's about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another.