The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have.

I've been very lucky to have a family who has welcomed me and not been hung up on anything racial, almost overlooking the fact that there was a racial difference. But I can honestly say I do feel like I missed out on some lessons of what the African-American experience is like growing up.

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

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

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.

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.

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