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I'll say this: The scariest monster in the world is human beings and what we are capable of, especially when we get together.
- Jordan Peele
#Get Together
#Human
#Together
#World
Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.
- Jordan Peele
#Best
#Black
#Finally
#Role Model
#Role
Racism comes in many different forms. Sometimes it's subtle, and sometimes it's overt. Sometimes it's violent, and sometimes it's harmless, but it's definitely here. It's something that I think we're all guilty of, and we just have to make sure that we deal with our own personal racism in the right way.
- Jordan Peele
#Guilty
#Own
#Right
#Sometimes
#Way
Part of the desire to live in a post-racial world includes the desire not to have to talk about racism, which includes a false perception that if you are talking about race, then you're perpetuating the notion of race. I reject that.
- Jordan Peele
#Desire
#Live
#Perception
#Race
#World
I wanted to be Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Ridley Scott, James Cameron, and Hitchcock. I'd wanted to be a director since 13, and horror and the suspense thriller were the most powerful genres to me.
- Jordan Peele
#Director
#Horror
#Me
#Powerful
#Suspense
The power of story and the power of a well-crafted film or television show is really all you need to speak to people. I think Hollywood is sort of catching up to that.
- Jordan Peele
#Film
#People
#Power
#Speak
#Television
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.
- Jordan Peele
#Fun
#Look
#People
#Thinking
#Way
I love getting cheers. I love giving scares. Anything that really works with the audience makes me happy.
- Jordan Peele
#Audience
#Cheers
#Happy
#Love
#Me
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.
- Jordan Peele
#Again
#Hear
#Make
#Time
#Yourself
I find campfire stories and urban legends are kind of the bread and butter that inspires a lot of people who are making horror and thriller. There is a nugget of truth behind these sort of cautionary tales.
- Jordan Peele
#Bread
#Find
#Legends
#People
#Truth
I love biting off more than I can chew and figuring it out.
- Jordan Peele
#I Can
#Love
#More
#Off
#Out
I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, who takes time to figure out what his next movie is.
- Jordan Peele
#Fan
#I Am
#Next
#Time
#Who
The best comedy and horror feel like they take place in reality. You have a rule or two you are bending or heightening, but the world around it is real.
- Jordan Peele
#Best
#Comedy
#Real
#Reality
#World
We go to the theater to be entertained, but if what is left after you watch the movie is a sort of eye-opening perspective on some social issues, then it can be a really powerful piece of art.
- Jordan Peele
#Art
#Go
#Perspective
#Powerful
#Social
Part of what horror is, is taking risks and going somewhere that people think you're not supposed to be able to go, in the name of expressing real-life fears.
- Jordan Peele
#Go
#Name
#People
#Risks
#Taking Risks
I define 'social thriller' as thriller/horror movies where the ultimate villain is society.
- Jordan Peele
#Define
#Movies
#Social
#Society
#Villain
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