I try to hang on to as much mystery as possible. How can we go through our lives not wanting to have any element of surprise?’

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that."

I grew up during apartheid; there was never a day in South Africa that was just great. I love that I've had success as an actor and producer, but I know the thing my children will know most about is the work I've done with HIV. Success in life is all about humanity.

I'm voting for Barack Obama. He's inspiring.

I hate table reads. I hate anything where you have to say the words out loud.

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 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.