I think people are destined for something incredible if we don't wipe ourselves out, but I think we're going to wipe 90 percent of ourselves out.

If something is as smart as you, do you treat it differently if it isn't a human?

If it takes several billion years to develop the building blocks which you need, like RNA and DNA, and then those can build multicellular life and then multicellular life can be honed with natural selection to a point where it becomes sentient like us, then at some point that sentient being can begin to manipulate the matter around it to build better sentient life.

I think that people who make films and think they're changing the world are sorely mistaken. If that really is your goal, there are far better ways to do it. I'm making politically observant films for audiences.

I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.

I think the world of 'District 9' has a lot of race and oppression-based ideas that I would still like to explore in that world.

I never really think of something in terms of what not to do. It's always what's appealing or what's cool.