I've been very lucky to have a family who has welcomed me and not been hung up on anything racial, almost overlooking the fact that there was a racial difference. But I can honestly say I do feel like I missed out on some lessons of what the African-American experience is like growing up.

The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have.

The scariest monster in the world is human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together.

It's a no-win situation with politics, it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life.

Racism is within each and every one of us.

Any time I claimed to be white, that would be unacceptable. It just doesn't make sense in people's minds. If I'm white, how can I walk through a department store and still have people scared that I'm going to rob them? Which, that can still happen.

'Get Out' takes on the task of exploring race in America, something that hasn't really been done within the genre since 'Night of the Living Dead' 47 years ago.