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Jordan Peele

(1979) Actor United States

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Jordan Peele is an actor from the United States, best known for Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror.

Quick Facts About Jordan Peele

Born: February 21, 1979
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Known for: Get Out
Spouse: Chelsea Peretti

About Jordan Peele

Jordan Haworth Peele is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker known for his film and television work in the comedy and horror genres. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Peele started his career in comedy before transitioning to writing and directing psychological horror with comedic elements.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology Locus Award for Best Anthology British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology

Quotes by Jordan Peele · Page 4

When you start making a movie, people want to know: Who's the star power? And very early, I realized there's not a…

Art making

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I think the lesson is that when you give black voices a platform and the opportunity to tell our story, we will…

Good

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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…

Bases

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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…

Get together

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If it's comedy, you taken an absurd comedic notion and you apply it to reality. If it's horror, if it's a thriller,…

Absurd

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[Barack Obama] will touch you on the shoulder and, you know - in that big brother or father figure kind of way.…

Barack

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I think that is also something he [Barack Obama], in the beginning of his presidency, he couldn't really explore and couldn't show.…

Barack

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There might be some sinister modern form of slavery going on.

Form

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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,…

Department

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Part of what horror is, is taking risks and going somewhere that people think you're not supposed to be able to go,…

Fear

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Race is a universal flaw in humanity. So yes, I've been in many situations where I've felt like the outsider because of…

Color

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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…

Again

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I was a very scared child. Not, you know, not so much of life but of the demons that lurked in the…

Children

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I think the majority of police are really good people and really good at their jobs, but that doesn't change the fact…

Change

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Little Haley Joel Osment in 'The Sixth Sense' can see dead people. Well, I can see racist people.

Dead

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