Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way.

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.

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

I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything.

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

We need to break boundaries, so every time I feel like, "Oh snap, oh my God, I don't know how this is gonna be received," I also feel this validation, like, "All the greats, all my favorites have felt this."

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