I've been DJing mostly, and most DJs end up producing. That's just me.

Every single film I've done, it's about the character.

Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.

One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are different directors coming in and different crews, you just lived in your character. It's the nature of the story, the ongoing story, and it can get deeper and deeper.

I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.

You’re directing a movie, but you are at the head of a ship of people, a whole fleet of people. And being able to manage that - being able to handle yourself as a director being a leader - that’s massively important.

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?