I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.

[If you want to] ask the question what is beautiful? It's the life that you lead. It's the life that all women lead.

I never take that for granted, but I'm always very aware that I'm one person and I can't wear everything.

Too many people have died so unnecessarily; AIDS is completely preventable, yet it's killing more kids in South Africa then everything else, and that's just not how it should be.

I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set.

I was going to go to Macchu Picchu and then I just ended up working the whole year.

I think good filmmaking is when you really hold the mirror up truthfully, and you don't angle it and you don't hide things with smoke and mirrors.