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Like comedy, horror has an ability to provoke thought and further the conversation on real social issues in a very powerful way.
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Jordan Peele
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 21
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A greater truth that I think we are faced with on a day-to-day basis as minorities is: We are the color of skin first and people second.
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We can convince ourselves to do things in conjunction with one another that we wouldn't have been able to do as an individual.
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You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it for anyone else. My style of filmmaking happens to be give the audience what they know they don't want, but they want. Ultimately I have to write and direct in a way that let's just say, you don't want to regret making a choice.
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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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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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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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[ 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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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.
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