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

I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.

I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's exactly where we're going.

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

I love the idea of people being themselves in films.

If you just compare South Africans to the rest of the world, I think that white South Africans, and especially English-speaking white South Africans, are exactly the same as Brits or Australians or New Zealanders or Canadians or Americans.

I do think that it's always okay to show too little. People will still be interested. So why show too much?