Actors from South Africa

"So I watched the Pink Panther last night, and so I'm trying desperately to be funny, and then it's just not working out so good... I wonder if maybe I could've been a comedian or something like that, or maybe I could've been a doctor, then I wouldn't have to make anyone laugh."

"Oh! We already, we done already done it, done it, dammit! I could you know, like, sing a thing, and then not sing it for a little while, and then sing it again... and people would be like, "Why'd he sing that again?""

"Our good friend LeRoi Moore passed on and gave up his ghost today, and we will miss him forever."

"There's often a lot of stupid ideas like "you all dress as fruits and pretend you're selling underpants" or "we'll put you on a bed of nails and drive a truck over the top and photograph you" for the cover."

"Being a physicist, my father was a great believer in progress, but he also loved nature. He was a photographer, and outside of taking the occasional family photographs, all he did was photograph nature. He loved birds. That meant a lot to me growing up. Healthy progress also means we have to be concerned for the environment. That may have something to do with what I believe about farming."

"That's the magic of this band: shooting from the hip. The lights have to follow our cues, because we're not going to follow their cues. We're not going to stick to a song the way it's supposed to be. Everything is up to us. That's music to me. That's American music. We're an American band."

"I'm way more American than George Bush and Dick Cheney."

"He wakes up in the morning Does his teeth, bite to eat and he's rolling Never changes a thing. The week ends the week begins She thinks, we look at each other Wondering what the other is thinking But we never say a thing These crimes between us grow deeper."

"Take these chances Place them in a box until a quieter time Lights down, you up and die."

"Candyman tempting the thoughts of a Sweet tooth tortured by the weight loss Program cutting the corners. Loose end, loose end, cut, cut. On the fence, could not to offend. Cut, cut, cut, cut."

"So why would you care To get out of this place? You and me and all our friends, Such a happy human race. Eat, drink and be merry, For tomorrow we die."

"Satellite headlines read Someone's secrets you've seen. Eyes and ears have been Satellite dish in my yard. Tell me more, tell me more. Who's the king of your Satellite Castle?"

"So let us sleep outside tonight, Lay down in our mother's arms, for here we can rest safely."

"Would you like to play With the thought of a friend In a distant passing stage While you lie around With your hands up and out So resigned you will fall down."

"If at all God's gaze falls upon us all it's with a mischievous grin, look at him."

"I'm not going to change my ways just to please you, or appease you."

"You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you."

"Every day things change, but basically they stay the same."

"See you and me, have a better time than most can dream. Have it better than the best, so we can pull on through. Whatever tears at us... whatever holds us down, And if nothing can be done, well make the best of whats around."

"Turns out not where, but who you're with, that really matters."

"I don't understand at best, I cannot speak for all the rest. But you may find a lifetime's passed you by. Every dog has its day, every day has its way Of being forgotten."

"It all comes down to nothing..."

"Leave the big door open, everyone'll come around..."

"I am who I am who I am who am I Requesting some enlightenment Could I have been anyone other than me?"

"What I want is what I've not got, but what I need is all around me."

"I find sometimes it's easy to be myself, sometimes I find it's better to be somebody else."

"Celebrate we will Because life is short But sweet for certain We're climbing two by two To be sure these days continue."

"Hey my love do you believe that we might last a thousand years or more if not for this?"

"You've got your ball, You've got your chain. Tied to me tight, tie me up again. Who's got their claws In you my friend? Into your heart, I'll beat again. Sweet like candy to my soul, Sweet you rock And sweet you roll. Lost for you, I'm so lost for you."

"I will go in this way Oh and I'll find my own way out."

"Now let's make this an evening Lovers for a night, lovers for tonight. Stay here with me, love, tonight. Just for an evening When we make Our passion pictures. You and me twist up, Secret creatures. And we'll stay here. Tomorrow go back to being friends."

"And I can't believe that we would lie in our graves, Dreaming of things that we might have been."

"The future is no place to place your better days."

"Come and relax now, put your troubles down. No need to bear the weight of your worries, just let them all fall away."

"And as you go I will spread my wings. Yes, I will call this home. I have no time to justify to you, Fool, you're blind, move aside for me. All I can say to you my new neighbor, You must move on or I will bury you."

"We were walking Just the other day. It was so hot outside, You could fry an egg. Remember you were talking, I watched as sweat ran down your face. Reached up and I caught it at your chin, Licked my fingertips."

"I was just wondering if you'd come along, Hold up my head when my head won't hold on. I'll do the same if the same is what you want. But if not I'll go... I'll go alone."

"I need so.. to be in your arms, see your smile, hold you close"."

"Lying under this spell you cast on me Each moment The more I love you."

"Crazy how it feels tonight Crazy how you make it all alright love You crush me with the things you do And I do for you anything too."

"Don't burn the day away."

"Look, here are we on this starry night staring into space, and I must say I feel as small as dust lying down here."

"The road to you is long, and I've been on it for a while."

"Without hatred where's the light? Without darkness where's the love?"

"We're strange allies, With warring hearts. What wild-eyed beast you be? The Space Between The wicked lies we tell And hope to keep us safe from the pain."

"Don't you know when you give life, then you become what you are?"

"A rolling stone, that gathers no moss, but leaves a trail of busted stuff."

"You know she's gonna leave my broken heart behind her."

"Move into kiss those sweet sugar lips, baby looks just like love."

"She prays to God most every night And though she swears he doesn't listen there's a little hope in her he might."

"Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything."

"There’s an emptiness inside her And she’d do anything to fill it in. And though it’s red blood bleeding from her now, It’s more like cold blue ice in her heart. She feels like kicking out all the windows, And setting fire to this life. She could change everything about her using colors bold and bright, But all the colors mix together - to grey."

"Excuse me please one more drink. Could make it strong cause I don’t need to think She broke my heart, my Grace is gone. One more drink and I’ll move on. One more drink and I’ll be gone."

"If I go before I’m old, Oh brother of mine please don’t forget me if I go. Bartender please, fill my glass for me? With the wine you gave Jesus that set him free, after three days in the ground."

"Funny the way it is, if you think about it. Somebody's going hungry, someone else is eating out. Funny the way it is, not right or wrong. Somebody's heart is broken, it becomes your favorite song."

"And when you wake, you will fly away, holding tight to the legs of all your angels. Goodbye, my love, into your blue, blue eyes."

"I am one of four people in Johannesburg who drives at the speed limit and pays his fines. The city council has us on six-hour shifts, so it works out."

"Oh it’s a relief to do movies, especially ones like this because you get to be like a little kid again and run around and play in this great adventure. I had a wonderful time."

"I’m so thankful that all that stuff made it to the screen, because a lot of the time studio executives say that there’s no time, or ask why we should feel sympathy for this bad guy. I joke that I’m the romantic lead in the movie, I just happened to pick the wrong girl. Imhotep is kind of the tragic villain, I guess, and a lot of people have come up to me and said I was hating you, but then I reach a point when I was feeling sorry for you too. It's those different facets that help explain why this film is such a success"

"So weird, how our prejudices have given everyone their lane. Middle Easterner does something, they're a terrorist. Black person does something, they're gang-related, they're a thug. But if a white guy walks into a church killing nine people there, what do they lead with on the news? "And today, in an isolated incident, a lone gunman walked into a church opening fire and killing nine people." It's always a lone gunman. "A lone gunman with no ties to society whatsoever". They always separate them as quickly as possible."

"We drink to enjoy. The Scottish drink to die."

"For me, Donald Trump is an emotional paradox, I'm not gonna lie. Logically, I can process him, emotionally, I struggle. On the one hand, I will admit, I wake up many days terrified at the notion that he's president of the most powerful nation in the world. But I also must admit, I wake up many days knowing he's gonna make me laugh. There's terror and there's joy and I don't know how to feel. You know what it feels like sometimes? It feels like there's a giant asteroid headed towards the earth, but it's shaped like a penis. Like, I think I'm gonna die, but I know I'm gonna laugh."

"You don't go to South Africa to escape racism. That's where you go to stock up. Are you kidding me, that's the one thing that reminds me of home. The racism out here."

"I spend most of my day screaming — and then over time I get tired and then when I'm tired, I start thinking of the jokes. … That's what I always loved about comedy, it is a way for us to just, you know, to numb the pain, to process what we're going through without feeling every single inkling of it."

"For any comedian, your life informs your point of view, the way you see the world. My comedy comes through the prism of race or class, because those are two worlds that collided for me growing up. And I guess that’s served me well, because those themes cross over countries and continents. We’re all still dealing with those issues today."

"I think the most important thing is to instantly give them a sense of who you are and how you feel in that moment. If a speaker is nervous and tells the audience that, people immediately contextualize it and respond accordingly. If a performer is in a good mood or feeling wild and crazy and says so, I’ve found, the crowd will be good at matching that energy. So for me, the rapport is built by a genuineness conveyed as quickly as possible."

"The weird thing is, I always say to people, "When you're poor, being poor sucks. But being poor together makes it a lot better." Right? Because you're in it together. And it doesn't discount the fact that you don't have much. But then you start to enjoy the things that you do have. And that is each other. And so we laughed. We enjoyed ourselves. We had something that sometimes you don't have when you have too much. And that is the ability to focus on the human beings around you."

"Growing up as a young boy in Wakanda, I would see King T’Challa flying over our village, and he would remind me of a great Xhosa phrase: Abelungu abazi ubu ndiyaxoka, which means: ‘In times like these, we are stronger when we fight together than when we try to fight apart.’"

"…I like to think that I am the product of a world of impossibilities. You know, my mother is where she should have never been. I think my mother made greater leaps than I have ever made. It's just that her leaps were made within her world and so maybe don't seem as grand. But I think my family, myself, my country, we come from a place where we have achieved the impossible…"

"Every single one of you, whether you like it or not, is a bastion of democracy. And if you ever begin to doubt your responsibilities. If you ever begin to doubt how meaningful it is, look no further than what's happening in Ukraine. Look at what's happening there. Journalists are risking and even losing their lives to show the world what's really happening. You realize how amazing it is. Like in America, you have the right to seek the truth and speak the truth, even if it makes people in power uncomfortable. Even if it makes your viewers or readers uncomfortable. Do you understand how amazing that is? I stood here tonight and I made fun of the President of the United States, and I'm going to be fine. — I'm going to be fine, right? Like, do you really understand what a blessing it is? Maybe it's happened for so long that you — it might slip your mind, it's a blessing. In fact, here — ask yourself this question. Honestly ask yourself this question: If Russian journalists, who are losing their livelihoods ... and their freedom for daring to report on what their own government is doing. If they had the freedom to write any words, to show any stories, or to ask any questions. If they had, basically, what you have, would they be using it in the same way that you do? Ask yourself that question every day. Because you have one of the most important roles in the world."

"I always believe that funny is serious and serious is funny. You don’t really need a distinction between them. If I’m doing something on stage and it evokes an emotion, then I might show that emotion, but I also don’t believe in being a preacher. If you have a point, that’s a bonus. But the funny has to come first, otherwise you shouldn’t call yourself a comedian."

"(What book might people be surprised to find on your shelves?) Books about self-esteem and depression."

"I felt like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, it was, like, the weirdest thing ever. I just came for a tour, I just wanted some of the Wonka bars and then the next thing, I'm, like, managing the Oompa Loompas. I'm like "Aaah! I don't know how this works, this is crazy!""

"Laughter is strange in that if we think of all the emotions that we're able to express or feel, one of the things about laughter that's particularly interesting to me is it's one of the few emotions that robs your pain of its power."

"I think sometimes it's hard for us to think about the possibility of a better future because we haven't lived in it."

"[Interviewer: When you say you "wouldn't be here" with me, what do you mean by that?] You wouldn't be calling me here to have an interview with me, because I wouldn't have done the things that I've done. Because I couldn't have done them alone. Because nobody could have done them alone. Nobody has done the things they've done alone, you know? Like, everyone-- I've seen people tell these stories of climbing Mount Everest and Maya-san, and-- Yo, all those sherpas that went with you, let's talk about them. No one's climbing Everest alone! No one's discovering, y'know, the, the South Pole alone! No, you weren't! In fact, the guy who first navigated the South Pole was led there by somebody, you know what I mean?"

"I hear people all the time go like "I'm gonna put my head down and I'm gonna crush it!" Okay, alone? Good luck."

"I learned so many things at The Daily Show, I'm eternally grateful for them... but I also would like to learn more things? Even in the years I haven't been there, I've re-learned and re-remembered that politics isn't a binary. It's not blue and red, that's an illusion. There aren't two ideas for every problems, that's fake. There are a multitude of ways to discuss any issue and any topic. But if you stay in one place for long enough, then in a good way and in a bad way, you start to perceive that as reality. [...] All my friends that are South African were trapped in South Africa, couldn't leave, couldn't come to me, I couldn't go to them. Couldn't see my family. And I wasn't even big on that, it's not even that I was like "Oh, I've gotta go home to see my family," I just go when I'll go. But now, I realized, I was like, wow! This is just-- again, it's fleeting. And I had to ask myself "Trevor, what are you trying to achieve in your life? Where do you want it to go? Where do you want it to end, y'know? What's more important to you? The ratings on the success of this show and this idea, or the ratings on the success of your friendships and your relationships?""

"[If] you read the news once a week, I promise you, you'll be as informed as somebody who's reading it every single day. You know why? 'Cause when you're reading it every day, you are caught in the cycle of it trying to discover what it doesn't know yet."

"And that is a problem I have with, like, a lot of American political spin -- they try and tell you that what you're seeing is not what you're seeing."

"I think, again, as an old person, you should have a dignified end. You know? And I think we've robbed old people of that in society, y'know, like Capitalism and whatever. It's like, no, it's nice to, like, "You go, you've live your life, you've done your thing, and you can relax now.""

"Ben Carson: for people who like Donald Trump's ideas, but hate his charm and charisma. Ben Carson is like the drug free cocaine for people who don't wanna get high but just like snorting white powder."

"Of course Ben Carson advisors can't make him smart, you can't change its brain. That's a job for a neurosurgeon. It's the same when your barber has a #### haircut."

"Donald Trump didn't invent racism. Trump didn't invent islamophobia. And he didn't invent violence. All he did was put his name on them like he does with everything else."

"Race jokes are kind of like orcas: powerful and entertaining, but you put them on display in the wrong environment and people are going to get hurt, and the joke might die. Like this one just did."

"Hey, son, what the hell is with your haircut? Did you see a paintbrush and say "I want that dude's look!"?"

"The credits from the second Godfather are better than Godfather III."

"Let's be honest: in general men are stronger than women. That's not sexist, it's just true. If anyone is sexist, it's Nature. Yeah, Nature is the one who was hanging stuff out and was like: "Ok, men, you get the big muscles and you orgasm every time you have sex. Hell, sometimes you have an orgasm just by accident! That's how easy it's gonna be for you! And for the ladies... you get to put an entire human being out of your vagina. Have a good day.""

"In life only three things are certain: death, Adobe updates and taxes."

"ISIS without guns is just basically a blog."

"The Trump tape shouldn't offend you on behalf of females. It should offend you as a human being."

"They're conflating sex talk and sexual assault talk, alright? Trying to make Trump's comments sound normal is not something that they're achieving, 'cause I'm sorry, that is not normal. There is a big difference between saying dirty words and glorifying non-consensual sexual contact. Not every guy has these conversations. No. That's a crime. There is a big difference. People are like, "oh, come on, guys talk dirty". Yeah, guys talk dirty, but guys are not all having conversations about sexual assault. It feels like more people are focused on "he said pussy". It's not about that. It's about him saying he forces himself on women. You tell me what's worse - a guy who says, "last night I dined with a lovely lady, and immediately afterwards, I escorted her back to her residence and proceeded to caress her genitals despite her lack of invitation." Or is this one worse - "oh man, last night I was rolling with this bad bitch, and I was like, "yo, you gonna let me smash that ass?", and she said "no", and I was like, "okay, no pussy for me"." Which one is worse? Now, don't get me wrong. Neither of them is ideal, but one of them is crude, and the other is against the law."

"Welcome to the 2016 presidential election. If you're on TV and you say something that offends the nation, you're gonna lose your job. But don't worry, you can still run for president."

"Have you ever argued with a toddler? Because if you have, you probably lost that argument, or you killed the toddler. Either way, you didn't win the argument, because you can't win an argument against a toddler. Toddlers will say the most outlandish shit. [...] Over the course of this election season, we've come to realize that president-elect Donald Trump might have the mind of a toddler. And if you think about it, it makes sense. He loves the same things that toddlers do. They like building things. They love attention, always grabbing things they're not supposed to. [...] You don't argue with a child if you want to win. Don't amplify the toddler's voice, because you'll just get trapped in the toddler's world. Rather, just keep asking the toddler to elaborate. Because logic is the downfall of every toddler. The point is to gently demoralize the toddler and smother his tantrums. And, as a bonus, stop him from delegitimizing the press."

"Juggling is such a white thing, as well, when you think about it. No, just the whole concept. You have so much stuff that, at some point, you are like: "I can't even hold all of this stuff! I'll have to throw some of it in the air!" That's probably how juggling started. Someone was like: "Wow, you have three things, but you only have two hands. Would you like to share something with me?" "No, no, I'll figure this out"."

"He really is a TV president. [...] He loves the performance of doing things. But a lot of the time, nothing's actually being done. Essentially, Donald Trump wants to be president, but he doesn't want to do president."

"At this point, it's not even a high-level controversy. This isn't House of Cards. Like, this isn't even Veep. It wouldn't even qualify for Blue's Clues."

"Donald Trump sees the presidency the same way he sees one of his companies: its whole purpose is to serve him and only him. [...] the whole purpose of the Justice Department, which he thinks is not to uphold law. No, no, no, it's to do the president's bidding. The same way he probably thinks the purpose of the Energy Department is to charge his iPhone. [...] The only thing more shocking than his autocratic view of power is his willingness to talk so openly about it. In a strange way Donald Trump is both the most honest and dishonest president of all time. I figured it out, people. He's not cinnamon Hitler, he's Abraham Nixon."

"Maybe we need to change who gets the Nobel Peace Prize, and when. Because so many people have won the prize and they've benefitted from all of its prestige, and then they've gone on to not be peaceful. Like, maybe we should only give the Nobel Peace Prize to people after their career is over and they've passed away, right? It's at the end. We can call it the "Rest in Peace Prize." Then we know you're not gonna surprise us, you're not gonna hurt anyone. Unless someone trips on your grave."

"This idea that black people should be grateful is some sneaky-ass racism. Yeah, because when a white billionaire spends a year screaming that America is a disaster, he's in touch with the country. But when a black man kneels quietly, he should be grateful for the successes America has allowed him to have? [...] It almost feels like white people earn the money, but black people are given it."

"You still haven't told us the right way for black people to protest. I mean, we know: it's wrong to do it in the streets, it's wrong to do it in the tweets. You cannot do it on the field, you cannot do it if you've kneelt. And don't do it if you're rich, you ungrateful son of a bitch. Because there's one thing that's a fact, you cannot protest if you're black."

"This is what I find weird in these arguments, it's that people go "they're not African, they're French". Then I'm like, why can't they be both? Right? Why is that duality only afforded to a select group of people? Why can they not be African? So what they're arguing here is, in order to be French, you have to erase everything that is African?"

"This is what I find interesting, is, like, when I read stories from Africa and when I watch what politicians say, especially in France, about African migrants: When they are unemployed, when they may commit a crime or when they're considered unsavory, it's the African immigrants. When their children go on to provide a world cup victory for France, we should only refer to them as French."

"Boris Johnson looks like if Donald Trump drank."

"Wait, what? White supremacists aren't a threat because they can only fill a college football stadium? My man, those stadiums hold a hundred thousand people. We shouldn't have enough white supremacists to fill a golf cart, that's how many we should have. [...] White supremacists are like babies on a plane, even one is enough to ruin your day."

"I feel bad for anyone in private insurance who's scared of losing their job. But on the other hand, screw private insurance! I'm sorry, insurance companies are assholes."

"You know what the problem in America is? It's that white people call the police like they're asking for the manager. It's like, "this is unacceptable, I demand to see someone who might shoot you"."

"The part where we say who's good and who's bad and who started-- let's-- let's step away from that and instead ask a different question: Instead, let's look at who's dead and who's alive this week."

"And look, I don't know if I want to eat at a restaurant where everybody's armed. I mean, it's a fun gimmick, but you realize the second someone drops a plate, that place is turning into a Tarantino movie. I mean, it's still a restaurant, so you can't have bare feet, but otherwise, it's a Tarantino movie. But clearly, this person has an unhealthy fixation with guns."

"[A friend] said to me, he said "You know, Trevor, one of the greatest lies they tell you in America, they tell you that-- they tell you that America is two political parties -- Republicans and Democrats", and he said, "But I'll tell you now, it's Republicans, Democrats, and it's black people and every other person of color who's trying to make a name or do something for themselves." And that stuck with me, and it made me think about American politics differently. Made me realize that we get tricked a lot of the time -- not just in America, but everywhere in the world -- into liking or not liking something based more on the tribe that it comes from, the tribe that it emanates from, than what the idea actually is."

"The final lesson I learned at the show -- and I learned it not at the show, but because of the show and the news I was covering is -- please don't forget that the world is a friendlier place than the internet and the news will make you think?"

"If you’re Native American and you pray to the wolves, you’re a savage. If you’re African and you pray to your ancestors, you’re a primitive. But when white people pray to a guy who turns water into wine, well, that’s just common sense."

"In any society built on institutionalized racism, race-mixing doesn't merely challenge the system as unjust, it reveals the system as unsustainable and incoherent. Race-mixing proves that races can mix - and in a lot of cases, want to mix. Because a mixed person embodies that rebuke to the logic of the system, race-mixing becomes a crime worse than treason."

"That’s how a police state works - everyone thinks everyone else is the police."

"There were so many perks to being ‘white’ in a black family, I can’t even front. I was having a great time. My own family basically did what the American justice system does: I was given more lenient treatment than the black kids."

"Growing up the way I did, I learned how easy it is for white people to get comfortable with a system that awards them all the perks. I knew my cousins were getting beaten for things that I'd done, but I wasn't interested in changing my grandmother's perspective, because that would mean I'd get beaten, too. Why would I do that? So that I'd feel better? Being beaten didn't make me feel better. I had a choice. I could champion racial justice in our home, or I could enjoy granny's cookies. I went with the cookies."

"My mom raised me as if there were no limitations on where I could go or what I could do. When I look back I realize she raised me like a white kid - not white culturally, but in the sense of believing that the world was my oyster, that I should speak up for myself, that my ideas and thoughts and decisions mattered."

"As the outsider, you can retreat into a shell, be anonymous, be invisible. Or you can go the other way. You protect yourself by opening up. You don't ask to be accepted for everything you are, just the one part of yourself that you're willing to share. For me it was humor. I learned that even though I didn't belong to one group, I could be a part of any group that was laughing."

"People don’t want to be rich. They want to be able to choose. The richer you are, the more choices you have. That is the freedom of money."

"People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing."

"Every country thinks their history is the most important, and that’s especially true in the West. But if black South Africans could go back in time and kill one person, Cecil Rhodes would come up before Hitler. If people in the Congo could go back in time and kill one person, Belgium’s King Leopold would come way before Hitler. If Native Americans could go back in time and kill one person, it would probably be Christopher Columbus or Andrew Jackson."

"In the hood, even if you're not a hardcore criminal, crime is in your life in some way or another. There are degrees of it. It's everyone from the mom buying some food that fell off the back of a truck to feed her family, all the way up to the gangs selling military-grade weapons and hardware. The hood made me realize that crime succeeds because crime does the one thing the government doesn't do: crime cares. Crime is grassroots. Crime looks for the young kids who need support and a lifting hand. Crime offers internship programs and summer jobs and opportunities for advancement. Crime gets involved in the community. Crime doesn't discriminate."

"In society, we do horrible things to one another because we don't see the person it affects. We don't see their face. We don't see them as people. Which was the whole reason the hood was built in the first place, to keep the victims of apartheid out of sight and out of mind. Because if white people ever saw black people as human, they would see that slavery is unconscionable. We live in a world where we don't see the ramifications of what we do to others, because we don't live with them. It would be a whole lot harder for an investment banker to rip off people with subprime mortgages if he actually had to live with the people he was ripping off. If we could see one another's pain and empathize with one another, it would never be worth it to us to commit the crimes in the first place."

"The more time I spent in jail, the more I realized that the law isn’t rational at all. It’s a lottery. What color is your skin? How much money do you have? Who’s your lawyer? Who’s the judge?"

"Growing up in a home of abuse, you struggle with the notion that you can love a person you hate, or hate a person you love. It’s a strange feeling. You want to live in a world where someone is good or bad, where you either hate them or love them, but that’s not how people are."

"The way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women. He's attracted to independent women. "He's like an exotic bird collector," she said. "He only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.""

"People built homes the way they bought eggs: a little at a time."

"The end of apartheid was a gradual thing. Concessions were made here and there, some laws were repealed, others simply weren’t enforced."

"We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited."

"What was ironic to me was that white people had spent years seeing video of black people being beaten to death by other white people, but this one video of a black man kicking a cat, that’s what sent them over the edge."

"Every year under apartheid, some colored people would get promoted to white. People could submit applications to the government. Your hair might become straight enough, your skin might become light enough, your accent might become polished enough — -and you’d be reclassified as white. All you had to do was denounce your people, denounce your history, and leave your darker-skinned fiends and family behind."

"Sorry to offend but in my books Blacks were the architects of Apartheid. Go figure."

"Dear Charlize [Theron], My daughter sometimes wears pants. She is 20-months-old. Do you think it’s time to ask whether she’s also feeling an excess of Y-chromosomes?"

"Dear @zilevandamme and @ZindziMandela I'm a South African tax-paying citizen. Effectively, I AM your boss. You WILL jump when I say so and you WILL ask how high. And when you come to take our lives & land, you WILL die. Our contract is that simple. And don't you forget it."

"I do this in the interests of my colleagues and our big production team. I understand the enormous challenges in terms of infrastructure and costs and what the loss of income would mean to my fellow artists. [Sun International would refuse us their venue in the Cape if I don't make the decision.] It will always grieve me that money, sponsors and political narrative dictate our culture and our arts today. I don't know that language and I have no need to ever learn it. I will not bow my knee to the haters of acquittal, and no boycott will make me silent about my people's grievances. … My tours will continue regardless and I will not hesitate to trumpet the names of our nation's exterminators, while Sun International, Toyota, MTN and Multichoice have no word on the incitement to violence and hate speech against my people. If they can silence me, they can gently remove us from the picture."

"Your threat is racist in the worst traditions of racial nationalism and undermines the position of white people in South Africa. You are obviously ignorant of the fact that white people occupy a very privileged and controversial position in South Africa. Their long term future in the country depends on the extent to which they can use that position to promote a more stable, just, and prosperous society. … You, however, use your not insignificant following to sow anger and hate among young white people. It is incredible that you nonetheless seem to believe that this behavior improves the position of white South Africans. Only the opposite can be true. … It shames me therefore to think that you have emerged as a leadership figure of any stature at all in the white and Afrikaner communities. You are in fact an embarrassment to liberal Afrikaners and a disgrace to South Africa."

"Hofmeyr's statement that black South Africans "suck up the propaganda of entitlement" in order to "justify their brutality" is profoundly repugnant. It demonstrates deep-seated prejudiced views that are completely inconsistent with the values that inform our constitutional state, it lowers the standard of constructive political and social debate, and it sets back efforts to build a truly nonracial, compassionate South African society. … Every South African who is committed to building a compassionate society should reject Hofmeyr's comments. They are more reminiscent of a bygone era of racial domination under Apartheid than the kind of conversation one expects to hear in a multiracial democracy in 2010."

"For all agonies of the joints: Lum¬ bago, rheumatism, tennis elbows, housemaid’s knees;also ideal for bunions, corns, callouses"

"Too many cooks spoil the broth"

"No smell doth stink as sweet as labour, Tis joyous times when man and man Do work and sweat in common toil.When all the world’s my neighbor."

"Ethel Lange, 10 de Villiers Street, Oudtshoom. I am eighteen years old and well-developed and would like to correspond with a gent of sober habits and a good outlook on life. My interests are nature, rock-and-roll, swimming and a happy future. My motto is, ‘rolling stones gather no moss.’ Please note: I promise to reply faithfully"

"Twenty-two and no strings attached. Would like letters from men of the same age or older. My \interests are beauty contests and going out. A snap with the first letter, please."

"Betty Jones. Roodepoort. Young and pleasing personality. I’d like to correspond with gentlemen friends of maturity. No teenagers need reply. My hobby at the moment is histori¬ cal films, but I’m prepared to go back to last year’s, which was autograph hunting. I would appreciate a photo¬ graph"

"I’m sure you’d like to know I got your letter, and the picture. I’d say Oudtshoom seems okay. You were quite okay too. I would like to send you a picture of me, but it’s this way. It’s winter down here. The light is bad, the lake is black, the birds have gone. Wait for spring, when things improve. Okay? Good. I heard you ask about my car. Yes. I have it. We pumped the tires today. Tomorrow I think I’ll put in some gas. I’d like to take you for a drive, Ethel, and Lucy too. In fact. I’d like to drive both of you. They say over here. I’m fast. Ethel I’ll tell you this. If I could drive you, Ethel, I would do it so fast, Ethel, and Lucy too, both of you, so fast I would, do it so fast, fast, fast it would hurt—"

"I notice your brother got boots. All policemen got boots. Good luck to him, any¬ way, and Lucy too. Write soon. Zachariah Pietersen"

"I like the thought of this little white girl"

"I took a good look at my life. What did I see? A bloody circus monkey! Selling most of his time on earth to another man. Out of every twenty-four hours I could only properly call mine the six when I was sleeping. What the hell is the use of that?"

"This is a strong-room of dreams. The dreamers? My people. The simple people, who you never find mentioned in the history books, who never get statutes erected to them, or monuments commemorating their great deeds. People who would be forgotten, and their dreams with them, if it wasn’t for Styles. That’s what I do, friends. Put down, in my way, on paper the dreams and hopes of my people so that even their children’s children will remember a man."

"Burn that book? Stop kidding yourself, Sizwe! Anyway, suppose you do. You must immediately go apply for a new one. Right? And until that new one comes, be careful the police don’t stop you and ask for your book. Into the Courtroom, brother. Charge: Failing to produce Reference Book on demand. Five rand or five days."

"You must understand this. We own nothing except ourselves. This world and its laws, allows us nothing except ourselves."

"Sizwe Bansi, in a manner of speaking, is dead!"

"I don't want to die."

"What's wrong with me? I'm a man. I've got eyes to see. I've got ears to listen when people talk. I've got a good head to think things. What's wrong with me?"

"I don't want to lose my name, Buntu."

"Are you really worried about your children, friend, or are you just worried about yourself and your bloody name? Wake up, man! Use that bloody book and with your pay on Friday you'll have a real chance to do something for them."

"Hold it, Robert. Hold it just like that. Just one more. Now smile Robert... Smile... Smile..."

"Anybody who thinks there's nothing wrong with this world needs to have his head examined. Just when things are going all right, without fail someone or something will come along and spoil everything. Somebody should write that down as a fundamental law of the Universe. The principle of perpetual disappointment. If there is a God who created this world, he should scrap it and try again."

"Yes! That's what all our talk about a decent world has been... just so much bullshit.""We did say it was still only a dream.""And a bloody useless one at that. Life's a fuck-up and it's never going to change."

"It's just that life felt the right size in there... not too big and not too small. Wasn't so hard to work up a bit of courage. It's got so bloody complicated since then."

"Sam: There's no collisions out there, Hally. Nobody trips or stumbles or bumps into anybody else. That's what that moment is all about. To be one of those finalists on that dance floor is like... like being in a dream about a world in which accidents don't happen. Hally: Jesus, Sam! That's beautiful! Willie: [Can endure waiting no longer.] I'm starting! [Willie dances while Sam talks.] Sam: Of course it is. That's what I've been trying to say to you all afternoon. And it's beautiful because that is what we want life to be like. But instead, like you said, Hally, we're bumping into each other all the time. Look at the three of us this afternoon. I've bumped into Willie, the two of us have bumped into you, you've bumped into your mother, she bumping into your Dad... None of us knows the steps and there's no music playing. And it doesn't stop with us. The whole world is doing it all the time. Open a newspaper and what do you read? America has bumped into Russia, England is bumping into India, rich man bumps into poor man. Those are big collisions, Hally. They make for a lot of bruises. People get hurt in all that bumping, and we're sick and tired of it now. It's been going on for too long. Are we never going to get it right? ... Learn to dance life like champions instead of always being just a bunch of beginners at it? Hally: You've got a vision, Sam! Sam: Not just me. What I'm saying to you is that everybody's got it. That's why there's only standing room left for the Centenery Hall in two weeks' time. For as long as the music lasts, we are going to see six couples get it right, the way we want life to be. Hally: But is that the best we can do, Sam watch six finalists dreaming about the way it should be? Sam: I don't know. But it starts with that. Without the dream we won't know what we're going for. And anyway I reckon there are a few people who have got past just dreaming about it and are trying for something real."

"Be careful, Hally." "Of what? The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is prepared to face it."

"Life is just a plain bloody mess, that's all. And people are fools."

"Sam: So then what is art? Hally: You want a definition? Sam: Ja. Hally: [He realizes he has got to be careful. He gives the matter a lot of thought before answering.] Philosophers have been trying to do that for centuries. What is Art? What is Life? But basically I suppose it's... the giving of meaning to matter. Sam: Nothing to do with beautiful? Hally: It goes beyond that. It's the giving of form to the formless."

"Bullshit, as usual."

"Flicker of morbid interest."

"But things will change, you wait and see."

"I'm all right on oppression."

"Tolstoy may have educated his peasants, but I've educated you."

"Sam, Willie ... is he in there with you boys?"

"In fact, I was shit-scared that we were going to make fools of ourselves."

"Little white boy ... and a black man old enough to be his father flying a kite."

"You want to get into the story as well, do you?"

"It was you who start me ballroom dancing."

"Not just me. What I'm saying to you is that everybody's got it."

"He certainly was trying to teach people to get the steps right."

"All you've got to do is stand up and walk away from it."

""It doesn't have to be that way. There something called progress, you know. We don't exactly burn people at the stake anymore."

"We need a definition of greatness, and I suppose that would be somebody who... somebody who benefited all mankind.""

"It's the likes of you that kept the Inquisition in business. It's called bigotry.""

"I think I spent more time in there with you chaps than anywhere else in that dump. And do you blame me? Nothing but bloody misery wherever you went.""

"To be one of those finalists on that floor is like... like being in a dream world in which accidents don't happen.""

"He's a white man and that's good enough for you."

"I mean, how do I wash off yours and your father's filth?...I've also failed. A long time ago I promised myself I would do something, but you've just shown me...Master Harold...that I've failed."

"Fly another kite, I suppose. It worked once, and this time I need it as much as you do.""

"Tonight I find Hilda and say sorry. And make promise I won't beat her no more. You hear me, Boet Sam?"

"Sam: But don’t let me see it. The secret is to make it look easy. Ballroom must look happy, Willie, not like hard work. It must Ja!It must look like romance."

"Hally: I oscillate between hope and despair for this world as well, Sam."

"Anybody who lets facts interfere with his imagination is a person who will never enjoy anything else again."

"There's nothing wrong with the world. It just goes around and around, and you gotta get on with your life."

"Mr. Sam was our father. He knew about our dreams and ambitions."

"I’m in the business of making people realize that their opinions aren’t worth the paper they’re written on."

"Aah, violence is the only way I can make people pay attention to me."

"There’s no question he’s smarter than I am, but does that give him the right to call me a name like that?"

"A hint of water, a whisper of foam. Long, white tails streaming behind them as they twist and turn in the bay."

"Without me breathing down your neck all the time, you’d lean even more to the right than you do now."

"You were scared of the ball because it was big and hard and could hurt you, just like life can hurt you."

"Somebody once said that there are only two places you can be alone—inside your mother’s womb and inside your coffin."

"I thought I was keeping it straight and I’ve suddenly wondered whether it is straight, and whether it matters whether it is or not."

"Doesn’t it sort of bug you that people like your dad can’t take care of the world?"

"Do you think Fathers do any more for their sons, except in terms of money, that Mothers do for their daughters."

"Don’t talk crap, Hally! You don’t even know what the word ‘sympathy’ means."

"She’s no match for him when it comes to a battle of words."

"Hally: It’s a bloody awful world when you come to think of it. People can be real bastards. Sam: That’s the way it is, Hally. Hally: It doesn’t have to be that way. There is something called progress you know. We don’t exactly burn people at the stake anymore."

"Hally: Anyway, that’s my man of magnitude. Charles Darwin! Who’s yours? Sam: [without hesitation] Abraham Lincoln. Hally: I might have guessed as much. Don’t get sentimental, Sam. You’ve never been a slave, you know. And anyway, we freed your ancestors here in South Africa long before the Americans."

"Hally: Not many intellectuals are prepared to shovel manure with the peasants then go home and write a ‘little book’ called War and Peace. Incidentally, Sam, he was somebody else who, to quote, ‘…did not distinguish himself scholastically."

"I won't lie, when you are into theatre ... first, people like to assume that a professional actor is only the one that's on TV, but that's a lie, because there are professional actors making a living in theatre. For me, personally, when I graduated with my diploma, I didn't want to do TV (jobs)."

"When people like or love you for your work, they can even see you behind a mask!"

"In terms of his life as a character, it's been hard. In terms of me as an actor, it's been a great journey to have to play such a complex character and to have to challenge myself to gelling to the emotion, to the life and to the imaginary lifestyle that he has. It's been a learning curve for me and I am still trying to understand where I can go further in terms of my career."

"When you're into theatre and you are lucky enough to gigs in theatre, we tend to think that TV actors are coconuts. So I didn't want to do TV because I thought I was gonna be one of those 'cheesy' actors ... However, as time went by, I grew and became a man with responsibilities and the luxury to choose? Well, that was demolished and I had to audition for TV,"

"I think there's no difference in acting for TV and for theatre, that was just me ... As long as you are telling the truth and you are true to the script and to the character. You can get away with anything as long as you tell the truth."

"Nescafe aligns with my brand. If you want to get in shape without spending too much, the Nescafe new 200g pack that comes with 30g extra is a go-to, particularly with its pre-workout benefits. And if you love coffee, I don't think there's a better coffee than Nescafe"

"For me, it was not about being recognised as Senzokuhle Radebe; I just wanted people to see my talent as an actor, be recognised as an actor, and tell stories that will be remembered. And I guess that is what is happening"

"Whatever news you want to tell people, it's better shared with a cup of coffee, especially now in the winter, I have never met anyone angry after having a cup of coffee, And my good news is that I am on Shaka iLembe."

"In 2017, an accident shattered my world both physically and emotionally. But today, I stand here, a survivor, a warrior who refused to be defeated"

"The scar on my arm may have affected my mental and physical health, but it will never define me. There were times when I couldn’t bear the stares or questions about my scar, times when my confidence hit rock bottom. I couldn’t even wear T-shirts, but I refused to let it hold me back"

"The gym, the place that once brought me joy, was off-limits, adding to my stress, weight loss, and loss of appetite. Depression tried to consume me, but I fought back with every ounce of strength I had left. Today, as I watch Banyana Banyana play in the World Cup, I see a reflection of my own journey. They inspire me to push beyond my limits,” said the actor, who encourages everyone to embrace their scars and stories as they are “the true testimonials of our strength."

"Musicians have been singing about stopping the violence for years and hopefully this will do the same. We all need to do something to break the violence and the stereotype that hostel people are violent people"

"It was a different experience acting again. But I missed it and I am going to go for more auditions now so that I can get more roles. This is just a start for me."

"Just like any other life, you know you make it and then it’s trials and tribulations, it’s learning and unlearning"

"My journey has been beautiful because I have managed to find myself. I always choose the positive side of everything and that has worked in my favour."

"Struggling’ only for a lack of a better word. In this industry, it happens that you have work and then you don’t."

"One of the things my sister [Nomzamo Mbatha] taught me was, ‘The eye that you look at life with, is how your life will be.’ This has helped me envision my life. I think because I work hard it will not be easy for me to fall on hard times."

"People will understand, accept, and open their hearts that when we tell our stories the way they are, in the most authentic way, they come out beautifully. We should always open our hearts to learn and unlearn. This is a show that teaches us about our history. We have to appreciate our past."

"I don’t think it is ever difficult to stand up for what is right. I think that for a lot of people, it is difficult to make peace with the reactions of other people. Morally, we know what is right, but we are always consumed with the opinions of other people."

"That is a very good question! Miseducation does explore a lot of manipulation, and to some degree, yeah, that is the truth about humans. Humans are inherently selfish, and you are selfish towards your own gains and the gains of your interests, whether it is you personally, your circle, or your family"

"The one thing that you can do is maybe right the wrong when you have the opportunity to do it, but to be cancelled because someone did something before you just doesn’t make sense."

"I can’t dance nor can I sing but in 2018, I took a risk and auditioned for Nandi The Musical, and to my surprise, I was cast as Shaka who was the son of Nandi. That musical really showed me that I can do anything if I put my mind to it"

"I believe it is very important to be very careful of the decisions you make so you can be proud of them tomorrow."

"I attribute a lot of my success to love."

"I call it popularity because I don't think fame in South Africa exists."

"My mother taught me to be humble."

"My job is to look good but I also know that all of this won't last forever. These looks will fade one day hence I need to enjoy and embrace them while I still have them."

"I’m married to my vision and legacy. I’m so committed to my goal to a point that I can’t afford to give my heart to somebody completely."

"I worked on a craft, sacrificed what needed to be sacrificed and put in the hours, which is the most important thing. Hours don’t lie. The hard work pays off no matter what."

"I believe in quantity and quality matching."

"I believe in reciprocation. If you give positive energy, you get positive energy back."

"I am a collector of memories. I love living life."

"When you play a character convincingly, people sometimes struggle to distinguish between you and your role."

"Trust is everything."

"When you love your work you keep pushing every year."

"In marriage, both partners need each other to ensure a healthy relationship."

"To men, take things one step at a time."

"We need to return to the basics – like our fathers who worked simple jobs and provided for their families without societal pressures. If we do this, we can grow and become better men and fathers."

"Also, if a woman no longer loves you, let her go. There’s no need for abuse, whether verbal or physical. Let her go, and don’t hold on to someone who doesn’t want to be with you."

"If you’re unhappy, leave. Don’t stay out of convenience or fear."

"If you have set out to do something, do it with your heart and mind."

"Being a present father is the most important role I will ever play."

"I am creating an opportunity for a black child to explore and find his or her passion. I need to plant a seed of good storytellers in Africa."

"We need to reset our mindset, develop and empower our youth. This can be done by directing them into doing good things for and by themselves."

"I started my acting career in a shack."

"I enjoy playing bad guys because I then have to spend most of my time with bad guys in real life, trying to find out what converts them into being bad people."

"I have learnt that we as adults and parents are betraying our children, hence they don't have a bright future. In the ende, we blame government for our faults."

"Only dreams we work hard for will come true."

"Most real-life bad guys come from broken homes."

"I teach these kids never to allow the system to victimise them and I tell them they're valued."

"It is better to engage people than to preach at them."

"Unfortunately religion is often seen as judgmental and preachy. One has to be careful when trying to communicate to people."

"I’ve learnt to never believe the hype because the second you do, you’re in danger. People can easily tear you down faster than you were lifted up."

"I am a better person because of my kids. They bring meaning to what I do every day and are my motivation to never stop doing what I do."

"I do believe that if there’s going to be such strong disapproval of men who are absent, it would be remiss to not take time to celebrate those fathers who are present."

"At heart we are only moral in so far as it serves our purpose. We marvel at people who flout the morals we hold dear."

"I've learned that I'm truly passionate about everything I say YES to."

"Africans, men and women, alcohol tastes nice. But if you love someone, you owe it to yourself to talk to the one that you love and say 'please, may we just call it quits. We have children at home. Go home. Your family needs you."

"We came to earth and alcohol was here, and drink it here on earth, and will leave it here on earth."

"We can’t start our day at seven in the morning by consuming alcohol and then you get home at five in the morning,-that’s 22 hours of being on the street drinking alcohol."

"I don’t understand people who don’t fight with their friends or the people they claim they love. I just don’t understand it; if you say you love somebody, love them fully and be there for them at every hour of their life."

"When you are chosen, you don’t rest."

"The majority of black people have a problem of poverty, which is something that leads to witchcraft, jealousy, and fights among families."

"When you destroy a human being, you take away their power by making them feel their language was not important. Language goes with the culture and a way of living."

"When we tell our stories in English we are not doing justice to them."

"Sometimes guys who are trained get too complacent and believe they will get roles because they went to school, whereas guys who haven’t had the training will hustle and knock on doors to push themselves and that makes their work more real."

"For as long as we see each other as competition, we will never get to the promised land."

"Family is obviously important. When all the glitz and glam is all said and done, all I have is that really."

"I'm a firm believer in positive thinking and I've trained myself so well that I don't worry."

"I’m a lover, I like to love, I like to give a lot of myself and all of myself to somebody you know."

"I always say that as black people, we fear ourselves, and our own potential."

"We also judge and define ourselves because of our skin colour, how we speak, our background and we end up looking down upon ourselves whereas, we have potential to be greater. We should not be defined by our past. How you speak, and your background does not and should not ever make you feel like ‘less of a person’. Some people feel ashamed of certain things about their identity, this campaign encourages us to instead be proud and embrace who we are."

"I believe that God and my Ancestors will never put me in a situation that I cannot get out of."

"Whatever situation one finds themselves in, its never in vain. There might be a lesson to learn from the situation. I don’t chicken out of any situation, I am brave enough to face it, even if I get burnt."

"I know that getting burnt will push me forward because I would have learned from the situation."

"Domestic Violence issues – I honestly feel that the reason why men do it, can be attributed to how men are afraid of opening up. They are afraid to cry and opening up about their problems and challenges which they face , and sometimes they have the incorrect idea of what it means to be “manly/masculine” and then they resort to using their power incorrectly towards women."

"We need to teach men that it is okay to cry and speak up, and that it will ease the stresses or pressure you are faced with."

"If you do not talk about what is bothering you, when you bottle up – you will become an angry person who explodes, often towards or against your loved one. Abusive people take out their own anger and issues on their partners and it is never the woman’s fault. It is the perpetrator who has not dealt with their own issues. There is no excuse for any form of abuse. I think the solution is having these open dialogue, encouraging men to speak amongst themselves, speaking up does not make you any lesser of a man."

"My acting is a gift, it's there to heal people."

"For me, chemistry is like organic friendship. You cannot fake it; it’s either there or it is not,"

"It’s not just romance, There’s vulnerability, fear, intensity and it all unfolds in a very raw space."

"There are too many parallels between my life and Shaka’s for it to be coincidence. It’s like I was meant to grow up there to prepare me for this role, he says. If I had grown up in Pretoria, I don’t think I could have done this story justice."

"I’m really going to miss everyone because ’Generations’ is like a family. It’s not one person’s work, it’s all our work. We all pull together and that’s what makes the show so special,"

"Jenevieve Nnaji. She’s very talented and she's got spunk"

"Living within your means. Don’t feel bad for wanting more. And go for it. But know when you're biting off more than you can chew. When you spit. Leave what you can chew. And chew it."

"We were on a lunch date. I asked for the bill. As I was settling the bill. She asked me why I was paying for her. Do I think I have to pay for her, just because she’s a woman? I told her, because I was the one who asked her out. So, I paid. And that was it."

"One thing I will do is appreciate every milestone in my career ... I'm grateful for this talent and more for the recognition for it. To going bigger and celebrating more."

"It is through your direction that Mhlengi is now a household name. I am speechless, but truly grateful to God for his divine blessings ... and congrats to my fellow nominees,” he wrote."

"My craft is my spotlight."

"Talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn’t."

"“I don’t play characters—I become them."

"I grew up in court. I knew the justice system. Boys will be boys was the judgement and I knew the judgement before it was even given."

"Being arrested was a blessing in disguise."

"I think there is a need for people in the public eye to take a stand against crime, violence, gangsterism and other sensitive issues that affect us as black people, especially the youth."

"I’m an actor with a purpose. My intention is to open the eyes of young boys who want to travel down the road of gangsterism."

"My message in my art is crime does not pay. I like roles that emphasise the gospel that prison is not paradise and crime does not pay."

"During those days, we survived on the principles of ubuntu. Money was not as important as it is today."

"I draw a line between acting and real life."

"These activities are important for young people because if they are doing nothing they will get involved in drugs and crime."

"I always tell them [youth] that take whatever you do and your life serious. I tell them that success does not go hand in hand with drugs. Stealing or going to jail in order to be successful is wrong. I give them this information so that when they decide to take a decision they take an informed one."

"I spend most of my time happy, I struggle to be an angry person, I think it’s because I know that when I feel upset I close myself indoors to be alone."

"I know what heals me when I am troubled, I learn to calm myself, I have my own ways of keeping myself together, if I need to cry I will."

"People always expect you to be happy, they think just because you on TV your life is better, but truth is we all go through the same life issues."

"I don’t take advantage that I am a star."

"I remember the young boy who’d lost faith in himself, on the verge of surrender. But then, my record played, weaving a tapestry of peace, harmony and freedom. The words resonated deep within him, inspiring him to rise deep within his, inspiring him to rise above his struggles"

"They call me an actor, musician, painter or writer, but I am simply an artist driven by an insatiable passion. They celebrate my work, but little do they know, I’m broken, just like them. I’m a slave to the very craft that once set me free,”"

"I guess it will always follow me but I am trying to take on roles that are different, to step away from that kind of character. I am growing as an actor and trying to explore different avenues"

"I haven't left Rhythm City. I am still there. It was not difficult to juggle the roles because we made an arrangement between the productions. It (the role on Imbewu) is a once off but who knows if I will go back in the next season?."

"This time, I wanted to bring even more: more emotion and more of that powerful connection we feel when we experience the music together, live and in the moment,"

"Even during the toughest of times, when I am on stage and the flow and exchange of light and energy is happening between me and the crowd, everything inside and all around catches fire; a bright burning fire. That’s what keeps me going. That is what I do it for"

"As an artist, performing the music I create to a live audience is very important to me. It's a different skill to create music in the studio, and it keeps me connected to the people."

"I’m not doing acting for fame or to be a celebrity. I do it because it’s a calling. I believe I was chosen to tell these stories and bring hope to people"

"I was excited, and he was just as excited to work with me. It was confusing to me that someone like him would be impressed working with me"

"Believe in yourself, Don’t lose your identity trying to fit in"

"I want to tell stories about humans and our dilemmas. I want to explore things that impact our soul, mind and society. Something that is deeper and teaches people about themselves."

"Our society is in a speedy process of decay. It comes from every angle. We talk about state capture and liberalism. We push for human rights but in that is a trap where we push the rights of people to a point that we overlook the principles and ethics of society."

"I don't want to be a person that says people shouldn't express themselves but I am wary of expressions that affect the young mind. Especially the young mind that has not yet formed its own opinions or been rooted in morals and ethics."

"The moral decay impacts the young so aggressively that even what they watch on TV that can harm them becomes normalized. It is not right."

"I don't hear preachers or even the bishops coming out and applauding the witnesses' strength. My fear is around our morals and ethics are going down and it is always in the name of us having the rights as human beings to do what we want and feel like it and no one should question us."

"I thought to myself that one day I’d like to venture into business, but I didn’t know what kind of business, so for many years I carried on singing and acting while figuring it out."

"It was worth the experience. It was so nice to see South Africa taking an interest in boxing. And I posted afterwards that this man (Nyovest) got the whole continent watching boxing"

"We aren’t friends, but there is no need to disrespect each other, we’re cool,"

"Well, the beauty of storytelling is that when done with courage and honesty, it can tackle any issue under the sun"

"I would hope that we all learn to seek help when we need it and remind ourselves that a negative experience doesn’t define you and doesn’t determine your future."

"What is a man’s value? How do we as men embrace our vulnerabilities? Taking his example, men should define masculinity in their own terms, not by what is expected of you by family, partners or even worse, complete strangers."

"Mental health awareness is important and it’s good to see that a number of organisations locally work tirelessly to encourage men to take their own mental health seriously"

"The biggest challenge I faced is that nobody trusts a newcomer and you are often treated like rubbish. It is very frustrating because you know you are talented but people still refuse to give you a chance."

"There are better chances now with social media but you have to be patient and take every opportunity you get. I worked it hustle style. That means working with students on their productions.""

""I really don't mind being typecast. Number one it means you have work and second of all it shows that you are valued and an expert in that field. No one asks a doctor if they fear being typecast. When you are sick you go to the doctor that is best for your ailment. You don't go to the gynecologist for a headache, you go to a GP. It is the same with actingTnrdbyl"

"I really want to see more South African talent being developed. I always asked the question: ‘Why does South African talent not have opportunities or a rights forum?’. “So now it’s my opportunity to create that opportunity for SA talent in all aspects, be it in comedy, art and drama."

"There is a lot of work to do this year. Currently actors don’t get to own their work and some broadcasters do pay, while others refuse. So my aim is to follow up with our initial submission to Parliament. It’s a long process but it needs to be done"

"It was a wonderful opportunity to remind audiences that I am still an actor and am versatile with roles"

"I also want to be the go-to person for young, aspiring actors who need help to grow. I’m also willing to partner with passionate creatives who genuinely want to grow in this industry."

"I still feel like I’m building the legacy as I haven’t achieved the things I thought I’d be or have at this age. However, my main focus is being a true artist who is willing to sharpen his skills and willing to learn"

"It was not easy to see acting as the career to go for in my times. It wasn’t perceived as one where you’d make it, like Ntate John Kani and the peers of his age. There wasn’t a clear light through the tunnel that I too could become an actor"

"My wish is for actors to do a bit of research and carry their roles more. We need to bring back the pure talent that was captured on Yizo Yizo or Zone 14."

"A lot of people want to just get a job or be on TV but we are trying to break that culture and show them that they can create. If we isolate ourselves in the industry, we will never grow"

"It is the attitude many artists in South Africa have, that all you have to do is wait until someone gives you that opportunity, but that is a difficult. We need to stop this open handed and entitled attitude and empower ourselves"

"If I did not have that it would have been hard for me to break into the industry. I believe that the only way to grow as an industry is for us to come together and share skills"

"If we isolate ourselves in the industry, we will never grow. I believe in the power of collaboration, that is what got me so far, because people recommended me to other people because I had the potential."

"Women may benefit from social media for a few years but as soon as they get to a certain age the industry forgets about them and they look for the next big thing. Their careers then become obsolete because they didn't grow their craft and relied too much on social media,"

"My only problem is that because platforms to showcase your talent is there, people don't take time to refine their craft. They are going to get lost. Financially and professionally lost."

"Sarafina! was not only an entertainment show, it was a 'struggle' piece of art. It is actually really sad that it is not recognised. We were soldiers on stage, fighting for this country through art."

"I have taught myself that maybe South Africa doesn't recognise the talent in actors. Because since I began my career I have never received a single award. For all the iconic characters, I never achieved anything."

"When you are a star in America you can feel that you are a star. To be a star you must have money. In the States they pay actors a lot of money to portray certain characters. They (understand) that the character has to live inside of you (spiritually) and it changes your life forever. So they give you millions. In SA, you are just an actor trying to sustain a living."

"I’ve never had another job besides acting."

"I really don’t know where my insecurity stems from but it probably helps me to humble myself in my craft."

"To be honest, I wasn’t a popular kid growing up hence I sort of relate to the villain-like characters. I somehow know how to add a bit of spectacle because of some of the emotions I know they sort of feel."

"It is not as glamorous as many people think. I think one of the biggest challenges is getting work. It can be quite difficult. It can be quite challenging not knowing when the next gig will come."

"You can appear on screens all the time and people think you are doing well, but behind the scenes you may be struggling. It can be really tough."

"For African folk, mostly, the history goes back 200 years. That's what we've been given, and it's from Western perspectives. We don't know much about our own history. Blood Psalms poses a lot of questions and will give people a lot to think about."

"It was overwhelming at first, but what I took out of it was that everyone’s working, it’s like you’re sponging in anything and everything they’re telling you because everyone was helping me. I’d say it was educational but at the same time overwhelming."

"If you’re not grounded, you’re easily swayed in this industry."

"When we believe, we believe hard. I would go to hell and back for what I believe in—or, in my case, who I believe in. Even when I fall short, I still go all in."

"Grab any opportunity with both hands, no matter how big or small it is."

"Respect everyone, don't just respect someone because you feel like they're better than you, but respect everyone because respect can also go a long way."

"It’s such a special feeling, and I think that every actor in their life dreams to have content or shows that make people wanna go back for more."

"I’m sure every actor has that moment where, when they are in the environment, they wonder: What would my Oscar speech be? What would my Emmy speech be? You watch the Emmys and you daydream, and you see yourself standing there saying something. Then you start thinking about who you’d thank and who you wouldn’t thank."

"There was a longing inside of me that just wanted to play with this thing. I didn’t know how to articulate it. I didn’t even know I could study it."

"Everything begins with yourself. You are the product. Actors, sports players — You’re a product. My physical is the product and I have to manipulate the self to achieve certain things; to act, to perform, to MC, etc. I have to mould this product. It begins there."

"I’m a product that’s there to translate narratives, stories, and bring characters to the fold. Human journeys — their triumphs, weaknesses, losses, and wins."

"Theatre allows for great ensembles"

"⁠I always aim to be as truthful to the character. It helps if you don’t judge your character"

"a few characters I played on stage are some of my memorable characters"

"To the new actors, show up and commit. Do as many varied projects as possible because there is no such thing as a small role"

"I love controversy; it’s what makes good stories and good characters. Peter O’Toole was once asked what made a good actor and he said good characters."

"It was very difficult, but as an actor I always say the more difficult something is, the better for me because it helps me grow, it gets me out of my comfort zon"

"I had to dig deep a lot because when you speak a language that’s you’re not familiar with, you have to make sure everything is proper,,,"

"I aspire and look up to amazing actors. I was raised by an amazing giant of an actor (John Kani) who has conquered the world, but I want so much more for myself"

"I want to play, like, Denzel Washington’s nephew and pull it off. I want to have the lead role alongside Idris Elba. My father once taught me that if you want to impress and be in a position of power, learn the waltz better than they do it. That is when they will respect you and look at you."

"I believe that whoever has the means to work, let them do so. Maybe I say this because I’m a freelancer. Sometimes I’d be in a good season and sometimes not at all. But if my wife is able to take care of the day-to-day expenses, I find no issue in her helping to alleviate the situation"

"Essentially, if things are not fair between two people, it builds some sort of resentment."

"It’s in recognizing that it’s okay for a woman to take care of the household if she earns more – it has nothing to do with my level of being a man in the home"

"It’s been enjoyable and challenging. As artists, we always face obstacles and push through, trying to be as creative as possible, learning from other actors, and respecting the craft"

"It meant a lot to me. I’m happy to have a platform to inspire young artists, especially those from rural areas who feel this career is out of reach. Everything is possible if you focus on your craft, keep learning and continue to grow"

"Certain things need to be in place for such a traditional practice."

"If you’re ready to get married, make sure everything is sorted out. Marriage doesn’t seem easy – it comes with many sacrifices and things you’ll need to look past."

"I know how it is to grow up in the township and I know so many intelligent boys from my township who went to school but when you see them now, you ask yourself what happen"

"This story resonates deeply with me as a person from the township. It portrays how easy it is to get caught up in difficult situations while trying to reach for your dreams"

"When we are shooting, we shoot out of sequence, but when I watched it at the end, I felt like there was hope"

"I think these villainous roles chose me. I grew up in church. My father was a bishop and I am a youth pastor so playing these roles is a big gap between my actual life back home and what I'm playing on screen."

"As a pastor and bishop's son you always have to lead by example and with these roles, every time people question me and I tell them the contrast, they get shocked."

"When I speak, when I act, when I think, when I feel like Musuthu [Sotho people], there’s very little work I have to do, because I know who I am"

"It’s not about the number of followers you have but the craft that you bring to the set. And those of us who are actors bafethu nothing lasts like discipline and professionalism."

"You dare not upstage or upset the ‘Lead’. This is not an exaggeration. Acting is like playing a tennis game. It’s a give and take"

"The producers and the channel must always be happy"

"This year I said no to five soapies or drama series. Because you ask me, ‘Can you speak Zulu’? My brother, if you can’t speak Zulu, be prepared to starve. Tell me one soapie without Zulus, I will give you a million (rand). In SA, if you can’t speak Zulu you are as good as scrambled eggs. It’s a big thing."

"You have to go through a process of giving your best and competing with the best in the industry"

"I needed a point of reference. I wanted to know where I’m seeking this character from."

"Acting is something I would do even if I was not getting paid. It’s my first love, and it’s a craft that I am willing to spend my entire life perfecting"

"This win is for us all, for Botswana and for South Africa. It is a win for Africa"

"Everytime I accept a role in a production, I never expect an award in the end."

"Things are interesting here in SA. You’re only at the top of your game if people see you acting on national broadcast channels"

"If people don’t see you acting on traditional shows like Generation, Muvhango or Uzalo, it seems as though you’re not doing anything"

"I must admit this whole thing is a journey that I’ve been on for quite some time"

"I’m one of those people who have been fortunate enough to run back to the theatre when I felt like doing so."

"It’s also refreshing to step away from the small screen and hone my acting skills on stage."

"They [producers] told me they wanted me to embody the role of a successful man who is battling a lot of demons and challenges that have taken him from glory to a bad place. This storyline is prevalent to many men in SA and as we keep peeling off the layers of detective Zakhele, we realise how important it is to highlight the issues he’s facing."

"More than anything, this is God’s timing. This role came at a great time in my life. It’s as if whatever I’ve been through and experienced, I can translate those emotions on TV through this character. I’m glad to be playing the role of someone real that people can resonate with."

"Without any conscious intent, I have found that sometimes, when trying to bring a character to life, an instinct in me would force me to withdraw from the world of the set"

"Generally speaking, a movie set is a wonderful place for an actor to be"

"I’m often described as “the crazy actor who camps in the bush”, but becoming an outsider has been a deliberate decision on my part"

"I’ve always wanted to remain something of a stranger on set and to the other actors, since this has enabled me to choose how to interact and joust with the movie set – actors and crew – as an entity that I am part of, but, at the same time, apart from."

"I’ve always known that I am an outsider, and I believe every actor has to arrive at that magical island where it’s okay to be different and set up shop on the beach"

"Google can teach you many different things, but certain acting tricks can only be learnt through experience."

"...to me as a reminder that every young actor rising in our nation carries the potential to change the world. May this inspire all who are on their way up to keep going, keep creating and keep believing."

"Dancers are nimble, constantly getting their bodies ready. Musicians are always making noise. But actors only work when the agent calls. So, by the time they go into auditions, one is so out of touch with himself or herself or what is required in the industry"

"I decided to found the academy for actors already practicing in the sector who wish to upgrade and empower themselves"

"We have a very small film industry. If I tell you now in America, there will be over 400 movies being made. If I go to England now, I’ll find about 50 to 100. I don’t want to talk about Nigeria, probably 3,000. So, I don’t want to call it the South African film industry, so I would rather say the South African creative sector."

"There are so many beautiful and powerful stories in Africa. They are in our culture from the beginning of time. We were kings and queens before all this colonisation and oppression. Those are the stories we must tell so that our children and the next generation could know that Nelson Mandela was not the first. There were others way before him that led the charge of a free independent Africa"

"I read a lot to sharpen my tongue and look after myself so that I can be in character. I know that I can act. I know I can even just give people a look and that is enough to show my presence."

"A lot of people were saying that Uzalo was an amateur show, a creche for actors, but I thought they were on to something and took up the job. Something told me this was the right platform for me. It leaves me emotional when I think of what this show has done for me"

"I visit prisons and even mines to perform for them and so I see this as an extension of what I do. The fact that I am on TV opens doors for me. Not that I want to be famous. I want to give back."

"...letting go of someone that you love and shared your life with is not an easy road to travel. Everyday feels like the journey just began and will not end."

"No amount of alcohol, late nights out and different girls can make the feeling of emptiness."

"Travel, for me, is about expanding my horizons and connecting with different cultures on a deeper level. Every destination offers a unique lens through which I learn more about the world"

"...you can’t visit Dubai without starting at the Burj Khalifa—the views from the top are simply breathtaking. But beyond the skyscrapers, I’d recommend exploring the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood to really get a sense of Dubai’s cultural roots."

"What really stands out is how Dubai celebrates its diversity, blending tradition and modernity in a way that mirrors our own cultural tapestry. There’s a lot we can learn from how the city embraces and showcases its rich heritage alongside its modern influences."

"By exploring different cultures, we not only enrich our own lives but also foster a deeper understanding of the global community."

"It’s about stepping beyond your comfort zone and discovering how much more there is out there."

"To live life with a person who is constantly by your corner, supporting you and just loving you is amazing"

"If I knew marriage life was so great I would have married as soon as I found my other half"

"I love that you can experience all that beauty and relax without leaving the country."