The conversation about race is inevitable. It's one that people know that we have to have and continue to have. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Now that the black experience isn't viewed as box-office death, people are catching up to untapped auteurs. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
When people get together, we are capable of the most beautiful, amazing things. But we are also capable of genocide. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I want to produce untapped voices, find people and help them get their platform. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Black people who want to do comedy go into standup, where our heroes opened a lot of doors. Improv doesn't have a… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I'm a true believer in story. I think when you just tell people to think, people tend to get resistant and defensive… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
In the Trump era, it's way more obvious extreme racism exists. But there are still a lot of people who think, 'We… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I find campfire stories and urban legends are kind of the bread and butter that inspires a lot of people who are… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
When you start making a movie, people want to know: Who's the star power? And very early, I realized there's not a… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
The power of story and the power of a well-crafted film or television show is really all you need to speak to… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
The audience's imagination will do a better, more personalized version of the horror than you can actually paint. So that just, you… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Certainly, black horror movie fans have, you know, been particularly vocal. I mean, there's the whole Eddie Murphy routine about, you know,… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
A greater truth that I think we are faced with on a day-to-day basis as minorities is: We are the color of… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Part of what horror is, is taking risks and going somewhere that people think you're not supposed to be able to go,… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
Little Haley Joel Osment in 'The Sixth Sense' can see dead people. Well, I can see racist people. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
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,… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I love dipping into worlds at a fast and furious pace. A little glimpse allows the audience to put together the rest of that… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I think, before Obama, there was a glass ceiling. That's a big change. As a president, I think he was the best. I felt… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
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… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
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… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, who takes time to figure out what his next movie is. — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
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… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
The world has wanted me to speak differently than I speak. You know, I speak like my mom; I speak like, you know, like… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
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… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
I find campfire stories and urban legends are kind of the bread and butter that inspires a lot of people who are making horror… — Jordan Peele Copy Share Image
