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

[Barack Obama] will touch you on the shoulder and, you know - in that big brother or father figure kind of way. And you really do feel sort of shepherded by him.

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

How we act with each other really reveals our most animal instincts.

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.

With a horror movie, you're making a metaphor. You're making a personalized nightmare for the protagonist.

I don't think that humans are, in our nature, we're evil or anything like that. But I do think there's a demon in our DNA, in our tribal subconscious that affects the way we work and we operate as a group.