Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.

You never want to be the whitest-sounding black guy in a room.

If it's comedy, you taken an absurd comedic notion and you apply it to reality. If it's horror, if it's a thriller, you do the same thing.

You can track elections by who was playing that president on 'SNL' at that time. There's the theory that the more likable or charismatic impression would help get the president elected.

Racism is within each and every one of us.

With a horror movie, you want to know where the engine of the fear is coming from. Like in comedy, you want to know what the engine that's going to make the comedy - where that's coming from.

What teenagers are ready to laugh at is the misery of other people.