In this video, at the world premiere of his latest thriller in New York City, the renowned director, 53, exclusively opened up to PEOPLE about his experience working with his daughter, Saleka Shyamalan, 27, on the movie, and revealed that he treated Saleka like the other cast members.
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00:00Performing and all that stuff there, and I was like,
00:02Salika, we can do this.
00:03This is something that you could do.
00:04You're so good at being able to write, produce, and perform.
00:07So I said, let me think of something.
00:09Can we maybe do a thriller so we can combine our two loves?
00:12And so then I came up with this idea.
00:14Do you have any rules with working
00:16with your daughters or any of the family members?
00:19No, it's always the same.
00:20Everybody, you know, when you come to work with me,
00:22it's really serious.
00:25The art is serious, you know, for us.
00:27We don't compromise anything.
00:28You have to be prepped.
00:30Everything about it is sacred.
00:32So, you know, same thing goes for you're my daughter.
00:35I just met you for the first time.
00:36Whatever it is, you're a superstar actor.
00:40It's all the same.
00:41Like, I'll close the door and have a heart conversation
00:43with you, even if you're the biggest star in the world.