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Regarding The Sixth Sense (Los Angeles Times) "Just as a script, it was terrifying,"
he says in a calm, confident voice, nothing like the breathy, panicky one he uses in the film. "But when we started to shoot, it wasn't scary anymore because you know how it all works. The (actors who play) ghosts are all walking around drinking coffee and eating, so it doesn't get to be as scary. It was more of a challenge to get scared on the set." |
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"Quotes"
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Haley has said some things he'll long be remembered for... and people who have
worked with Haley have had nothing but good things to say about him... |
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Some Of My Favorite Quotes From The Sixth Sense (1999)
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"How can you help me if
you don't believe me? Some magic's real. . ." |
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"I wonder if she has to pee
when she's working. Ya think she just holds it?" |
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"I didn't know you
were funny..."
(Deadpan! Gotta see it!)
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"Sometimes when people
think they lose things... they didn't really lose them, it just gets moved." |
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"You saw something,
didn't you?
You wiggin' out?"
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"What am I thinking now?...
I was thinking... you're nice,
but you can't help me." |
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What He Thinks: A Few Words From Haley
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Regarding The Sixth Sense (Entertainment Weekly) "Doing something this huge has
been my biggest challenge. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't act." |
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Regarding his character in The Sixth Sense (Los Angeles Times) "I had to find things
that were related to me and Cole," Osment says. "Once you are in a scene, it figures to do what's most realistic - the best way to play out every line. It comes as instinct, really." |
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Regarding his character in The Sixth Sense (www.thesixthsense.com) "Cole is
followed and overshadowed by the supernatural, and he has a sense that is very rare and only comes around once in a million people. And he has to fight it or he'll be pushed back until he's ready to go into a mental hospital (laughs). Fighting this helps his mind, because there are so many horrible sights just coming at him from all directions. . . Making sanctuaries for himself is how he fights things that are incomprehendible." |
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Regarding his acting career (Los Angeles Times) "Ever since I was old enough to get
the concept (of acting) I always admired how he (Haley's dad) was an actor," says Osment who has a 7-year-old sister. "We always wanted to try. We both loved movies, and Dad couldn't wait until I was old enough (to audition)." |
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Regarding his career choices (Los Angeles Times) "I don't like strictly staying with
drama all the time," Osment says. "I like balancing out TV, films, drama and comedy. I would like to try theatre someday." |
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Something About Haley: Raves From People In The Business
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Regarding Haley's talent (Entertainment Weekly) "I was adamant about not using a
Hollywood kid... and then Haley walks in, blond and cute as a button, and blew the frickin' roof off." |
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Pics from childstarlets.com and JMFan (original copyright Hollywood Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment)
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Regarding Haley's values (Los Angeles Times) "He had respect for the audition," the
director says. He had respect for his job. The kind of work ethic that isn't usual in human beings, let alone a child." |
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Comments from M. Night Shyamalan (Writer/Director - The Sixth Sense)
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Regarding Haley's audition (Los Angeles Times) "He had such and understanding of
the material. I asked him my usual question: 'Did you read the scenes or did you just get handed them by your agent right now?' He said, 'I read the script twice.' He had a thorough understanding of the character and the movie. I treated him exactly the way I treated all of the other actors." |
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Regarding the search for Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense - Collectors Edition DVD) "Cole's
role is so difficult, so complex it seemed like the most impossible task ever. And Haley Joel Osment comes in and I'm like, you know, 'what a cute kid, what a sweet kid...' and I said 'okay lets do, you know, lets do...,' I was really beat. 'How many times have I done these scenes with these kids?' I've heard my words just destroyed a million different times with a million different kids. And I was just, you know, just so beat. And I just lean back and he starts the scene and it was like I never heard the scene before, like I've never heard the dialogue ever said before, it was a movie I didn't write, it was just all of the sudden ever word was perfect. And he finished the scene and he was crying and I was crying and was like... I could not believe. I go, 'Oh, my... oh my God! Who are you?" |