Jamie Uys

"I've had people working for me who are film-school graduates and honestly, if they had been clapper boys or tea boys they probably would have learned more."

"Editing makes or breaks a movie, you know."

"Sex is not necessary to make a movie sell. It's enough to have a pretty girl in the movie."

"I often sneak into the cinema and watch how the audience are reacting to my movie. It teaches me so much."

"He's a kind of Paul McCartney of the cinema."

"He is the most consistently successful South African movie maker around, firmly cornering the giggle market."