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

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

We haven't done enough work to encourage minorities to strive to make movies. Hollywood is a place full of white male directors - there are many good ones. We just haven't nurtured our voices.

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.

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

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

I was raised that emotion was a good thing.