“Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an ...” — Keenen Ivory Wayans Quote

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

I like to have fun and be funny, but I'm much more of a thinker.

We felt like we had done as much as you can do with the slasher genre. We were trying to find the next group of scary movies that were ripe for parody.

I remember my parents showing me films that I was too young to see, like 'The Graduate,' 'Silkwood,' and 'Anchorman,' which I think I saw when I was 11. I was so fascinated by every element of the filmmaking process, whether it be the visuals or the score, and wanted to be in the pot of that creativity.

All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.

I think of childhood as an explosion of creativity. For most people, growing up and earning a living means leaving all that behind. But an artist never leaves that behind. Edwin Mullhouse was my way of exploring the child as artist and, under the guise of childhood, something larger.

I think after 'The Day The Earth Stood Still,' I really stopped thinking strategically about my career. I just did. At that point, it became crystal clear to me that you can strategise your career all you want, but it's so difficult to get a movie made, and creativity shouldn't be subjected to that kind of strategic thinking.