I'd been taught from an early age that I was in the other category on the standardized tests. You know, I had to go down the checklist - Caucasian, African-American, Latino, Asian-Pacific Islander, and then, you know, at the bottom is other. So, you know, very early on I was taught, in a way, that I was somehow this anomaly.

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

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

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.

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

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