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

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?

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

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

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.

As kids, there's somehow the fear that these bullies can end your life if they want to. Everything is blown up, and occasionally that kind of awful thing does happen.

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