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Well, apparently, he has allowed a book to be written about his struggle against Disney that makes him look like a creative sacrificial lamb. The reviews I've read paint him as one who has no doubt of his own brilliance. But his latest USA Today interview doesn't put him in that light. I have to admit, I'm really pulling for him to get some recognition for this latest film.

Also, my friends hated "The Village" for its twist ending. I pretty much felt like they didn't get it. Everybody wants him to keep making "The Sixth Sense" over and over again. I'd rather he stay passionate, because that comes across in a film. If his ego is part of that, then it's fine by me.

I'd rather he stay passionate, because that comes across in a film. If his ego is part of that, then it's fine by me.

He earned a lot of respect from me by his answers in this interview.

Brook: Ultimately, though, a studio is your paymaster. Don't you have to obey the paymaster?

Shyamalan: I've said this many times: I believe that this relationship between artists and business works best when the artist inspires the businessman. When a businessman says 'you know how we can make a lot more money with Lady In The Water is if you cut out that scene,' that's not going to fly with me. But if that same person said 'I get lost in the movie at this point and it's because of this scene and this is why I got lost creatively,' I would seriously consider cutting the scene. You need to come from an artistic point of view. Because ultimately I believe, and a lot of people don't agree with me, that the audience is smarter than we are and the better product that we put out the more they're going to come.