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I didn't know my father very well I only met him a few times.

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Jordan Peele
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 21
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We need to break boundaries, so every time I feel like, Oh snap, oh my God, I don't know how this is gonna be received, I also feel this validation, like, All the greats, all my favorites have felt this.
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How we act with each other really reveals our most animal instincts.
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I've always thought of myself as an African-American comedian, African-American man, everything.
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Racism is within each and every one of us.
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Anyone who's really utilized collaboration has a philosophy like, 'Let's throw it all against the wall and see what sticks.' That's how we do it. At a certain point, we're cutting scripts that we love.
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What teenagers are ready to laugh at is the misery of other people.
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I think that human beings are the most awful monster we have ever seen.
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It's a no-win situation with politics, it's always going to be stressful. I'm more into the comedy of life.
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[ When I met Barack Obama] He says, I do a pretty good me myself - he said something like that. But he's - he is a close talker. He's a touchy guy.
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Sometimes blessings come in strange packages.
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There might be some sinister modern form of slavery going on.
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With a horror movie, you're making a metaphor. You're making a personalized nightmare for the protagonist.
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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.
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The scariest monster in the world is human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together.
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I can fathom anything, man. I love biting off more than I can chew and figuring it out.
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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.
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When people get together, we are capable of the most beautiful, amazing things. But we are also capable of genocide.
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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.
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Race is a universal flaw in humanity. So yes, I've been in many situations where I've felt like the outsider because of the color of my skin.
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