And Once You Say This Is True,

I Think There's Always An Expectation When You're A First Generation, Especially A First-generation Nigerian, Of Sort Of Being A Doctor Or A Lawyer Or An Engineer. And So, You Know, Sort Of My Initial Pursuits Into The Arts And That I Was Going To Pursue Film As A Career Didn't Confuse Them, But It Was Definitely Something That They Were Scared About.

You Know, How Am I Leading My Own Life? What Am I Denying? Since I Brought Such Great Powers Of Denial Into My Adult Life, What Am I Not Doing As A Husband? What Am I Not Doing As A Father? The Whole Thing Started Unraveling With Me That Once I Kept It Up Close To The Chest, I Could Hold It All In, But Once I Started Letting It Out, It All Started Coming Out.

An Interesting Difference Between African-american Humor And Jewish Humor, In It's Kind Of Basic Or Maybe Most Austere Type Form Is, African-american Humor, Some Of It Comes Out Of Playing The Dozens In Which You Insult The Other Person Or Insult The Other Person's Mother, And So Much Of Jewish Humor Is Like, You're Insulting Yourself. It's Totally Self-deprecating.

I Mean, Dad's - You Know, Dad's Friendliest Tone Was A Scream.

Anyone Who Agrees To Be Interviewed Must Decide Where To Draw The Line Between What Is Public And What Is Private. But The Line Can Shift, Depending On Who Is Asking The Questions. What Puts Someone On Guard Isn't Necessarily The Fear Of Being 'found Out.' It Sometimes Is Just The Fear Of Being Misunderstood.