I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.

I remember being very affected by what was going on there towards the end of Apartheid. And the subject is still very pertinent, politically, to what's happening around the world today, in terms of negotiating peace talks. I had always been interested in this period of change in South Africa, generally, for a variety of reasons.

Id never really considered film. If Id thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.

A lot of people ask me about my father's passing when I was young, which I'm never comfortable with. I invariably move around that subject.

I believe people instinctively know that about writing, yet people get confused about that when it comes to acting.

I started off doing plays as a theater actor. But I never thought of it in terms of it leading anywhere. I was just trying to be the best actor that I could be in the context of what I was doing.

I would love to be a fly on the wall watching other directors and actors to see what their process is like.