Issa Rae

And I'm like, that's so...

Like that's so reductive of an audience.

Like they're not smart.

That's, I don't know, but okay, let's figure it out.

So we had to figure out and conjure this moment that was broad for audiences to realize like, this is a comedy.

And we worked together to find that and finding the balance of like, please God, like,

Can we make it this?

Can we make it this?

Can we make this?

And then we settled on a moment and it literally works.

Was it the right decision?

It was the right decision.

And I'm like, that's when they know what they're talking about.

I've learned so much during this process.

And that's when I'm like, oh, this is a product that has been tested, that has been sampled.

And my creative instincts aren't always going to be right, no matter how passionately I feel about them.

There are formulas at work and that audiences swear by.

If I want to make stuff that isn't that, then that's my own creative risk.

Then I'm not making a studio movie.

And like, I'm taking that risk on.