“You boil down your influences to a soup, and it all informs you.” — Jordan Peele

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

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

The way I look at it is, when you allow people to submerge themselves into a story, they will react by thinking through what it's about. That's just so much more fun and effective, I think, than a lecture.

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.