- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a black man, sometimes you can't tell if what you're seeing has underlying bigotry, or it's a normal conversation and you're being paranoid. That dynamic in itself is unsettling. I admit sometimes I see race and racism when its not there.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the Trump era, it's way more obvious extreme racism exists. But there are still a lot of people who think, 'We don't have a racist bone in our bodies.' We have to face the racism in ourselves.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was definitely during the Obama administration that talking about racism, or calling it out, suddenly seemed taboo. It seemed like talking about race was somehow summoning the evil of racism.
- Racism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Racism comes in many different forms. Sometimes it's subtle, and sometimes it's overt. Sometimes it's violent, and sometimes it's harmless, but it's definitely here. It's something that I think we're all guilty of, and we just have to make sure that we deal with our own personal racism in the right way.
- Demons
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each one of my movies is going to be about one of these different social demons. The first one, being 'Get Out,' is about race and neglect and marginalization.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a no-win situation with politics; it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised that emotion was a good thing.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
As kids, there's somehow the fear that these bullies can end your life if they want to. Everything is blown up, and occasionally that kind of awful thing does happen.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The best comedy and horror feel like they take place in reality. You have a rule or two you are bending or heightening, but the world around it is real.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black people who want to do comedy go into standup, where our heroes opened a lot of doors. Improv doesn't have a ton of heroes that you can look to.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd been taught from an early age that I was in the 'other' category on the standardized tests. You know, I had to go down the checklist - Caucasian, African-American, Latino, Asian-Pacific Islander, and then, you know, at the bottom is other. So, you know, very early on I was taught, in a way, that I was somehow this anomaly.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was a very scared child. Not, you know, not so much of life but of the demons that lurked in the dark. And horror movies terrified me. You know, I'd love watching them but then at night, I would just be up in sweats all night.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
New York is about as cosmopolitan as it gets. It's a fairly mixed and woke town, so there weren't a lot of situations growing up where I felt like the outsider or the alien.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love getting cheers. I love giving scares. Anything that really works with the audience makes me happy.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the majority of police are really good people and really good at their jobs, but that doesn't change the fact that with any interaction I have with them, I'm viewed as a potential threat.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think, before Obama, there was a glass ceiling. That's a big change. As a president, I think he was the best. I felt like I could trust his judgment, and he'd take a measured, empathetic approach. I don't see there ever being another Barack Obama.
- Legends
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find campfire stories and urban legends are kind of the bread and butter that inspires a lot of people who are making horror and thriller. There is a nugget of truth behind these sort of cautionary tales.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I talk about movies like 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'Stepford Wives,' I really noticed that these movies were able to address fears surround the women's lib movement in a way that was engaging, not preachy, but fun.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We go to the theater to be entertained, but if what is left after you watch the movie is a sort of eye-opening perspective on some social issues, then it can be a really powerful piece of art.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you start making a movie, people want to know: Who's the star power? And very early, I realized there's not a lot of 26-year-old black actors who have been given the opportunity to be the lead of a film. It's, like, Michael B. Jordan, and then we're done.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of what horror is, is taking risks and going somewhere that people think you're not supposed to be able to go, in the name of expressing real-life fears.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it - sometimes full-fledged hope.
- Ghosts
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- Nov 07, 2020