UpRising: The trailer for One Of Them Days is hilarious. What was your initial reaction after reading the script?

Lawrence Lamont: It reminded me of people I grew up with in Detroit. Similar type of environment as the characters in the Jungles. The characters reminded me of my mom. I'm just like, “Man, I was really living like this with my mom and she was making it happen with a son.” She had me at like 23, so that was how I identified. I always try to find my way into a project through personal connectivity.

And then it was just undeniably funny. The script has gone through many phases, but the bones of the story have remained the same. I like simple stories. Not to say this is a simple script, but If you think about stories—like Home Alone or Ferris Bueller's Day Off—the concept is simple. 

I also think everybody can relate to the central theme. Most of the human population knows what it's like to have to pay the bill next month. Like, “Damn, it's the 1st already?” Black people canfind humor in the most chaotic situations. I'm sure during the hardest times for us as a race, there were stand-up comics making everybody laugh.