When you start making a movie, people want to know: Who’s the star power? And very early, I realized there’s not a lot of 26-year-old black actors who have been given the opportunity to be the lead of a film. It’s, like, Michael B. Jordan, and then we’re done. Jordan Peele Read Quote
African-American music tends to have, at the very least, a glimmer of hope to it – sometimes full-fledged hope. Jordan Peele Read Quote
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. Jordan Peele Read Quote
Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel. Jordan Peele Read Quote
I was a very scared child. Not, you know, not so much of life but of the demons that lurked in the dark. And horror movies terrified me. You know, I’d love watching them but then at night, I would just be up in sweats all night. Jordan Peele Read Quote
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 Read Quote
