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“I always knew I wanted to do genre films. I love horrors and thrillers. But I didn't think I'd be doing a Marvel movie as my third film. Absolutely not. Still, I'd always wanted to do a Marvel movie because I grew up with Marvel comics. I just wanted it to be a hero that I'm excited about. And I wanted it to be with good people.”
“I think everyone is aware there's something wrong about the way violence is enacted against Black people in this country.”
“What's great about horror is that horror stays with you after you leave the theater. You can say every great film stays with you, but horror really gets in your psyche.”
“I think all horror movies are about trauma in one way or another, but I would love for there to be more space even within horror for us to talk about stuff that's not 'Being Black is really sad.' There are so many facets to our existence.”
“What I've had to do because I'm a woman, to protect myself - which tends to be engaging with cues like, 'What's this person thinking?' and how to present myself - I think does influence and help me in certain ways.”
“Candyman' was a real urban legend for me as a kid, it wasn't just attached to the movie.”
“All my friends, myself included, went through a Wiccan phase.”
“I think having a diversity of stories is important in also just spreading empathy and understanding. I think it's a really big part of how we, for better or worse, interact with each other and people we don't know.”
“As you make more and more films, you want those films to be more interesting, more dynamic and to appeal to different audiences. But that requires risk.”
“I was always writing and telling stories as a kid. Initially, I was like, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' Then my mom was the one who was like, 'No, you don't. You want to direct. You want to have more control.'”
“I remember being in North Dakota and meeting women who stayed in bed and watched 'Law & Order: SVU' all day, waiting for their boyfriends or husbands to get back from their shifts, or who couldn't go out at night because they felt like it was dangerous for them.”