I make a real effort to try and live in the real world and not just the dream world.

I'm very attracted to characters who don't necessarily make it easy to be loved.

I think I have a real interest in filmmaking, and it's nice when I can go and do that sometimes. Then it's also great to not do it and not have the responsibility .

The tone is so important to a film, and that tone can really make something fall or succeed.

We all understand situations where it's swim or drown. Sometimes we surprise ourselves when we start swimming and see how well we can do it.

I don't think you can create anything interesting from a comfort zone. You have to work from a place of fear and failure.

I do think that when you're specifically working in a country like South Africa, you have to be able to be aware of the cultural truth of what people are raised in and believe in and how they function within their society.