“The way I look at it is, when you allow people to submerge themselves into a sto…” — Jordan Peele

Now that the black experience isn't viewed as box-office death, people are catching up to untapped auteurs.

You boil down your influences to a soup, and it all informs you.

I'm obsessed with giving the audience something they don't see coming.

I'm a true believer in story. I think when you just tell people to think, people tend to get resistant and defensive and feel like you're accusing them of not thinking.