the amityville "get out." "too bad we can't stay, baby." making a movie for black people but i didn't want to exclude anybody. >> rose: have you always wanted to be a filmmaker? >> ever since i was about 13, 13, 14, i wanted to be a director. and i just iefs just so transported by my favorite movies. movies like equal eightien" and "aliens," and "edward scissorhands," "terminator." spielberg movies. i was just so passionate, and it hurt. and i think it hurt so bad that it sort of scared me away from that fair qiel. >> rose: into comedy. >> into comedy but it was a good thing. it was what i needed to get my full training. >> rose: and when you thought about being a director, did you think about wanting to direct a horror film? >> yeah, i did. i did. and, you know, i-- i basically love all the fun genres, i would say, like action, sci-fi, horror. buttening the title of, like, a horror or tour would probably be the coolest thing for me. >> rose: how did you work towards this? i mean, you went the comedy route. >>y went the comedy route. >> ros