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

We can convince ourselves to do things in conjunction with one another that we wouldn't have been able to do as an individual.

There might be some sinister modern form of slavery going on.

[ When I met Barack Obama] He says, I do a pretty good me myself - he said something like that. But he's - he is a close talker. He's a touchy guy.

Since we were renamed, and now it feels like 80 percent of the African-American population has the name Washington or Jefferson or some president or slave owner's name. And, I almost wonder is this, like, is this part of a way of taking back the principle of naming your - I might be going too far into this - but naming your kids something of your choice?

You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it for anyone else. My style of filmmaking happens to be give the audience what they know they don't want, but they want. Ultimately I have to write and direct in a way that let's just say, you don't want to regret making a choice.

It's very uncomfortable to talk about race. It often devolves before it begins.