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

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

"I've had people working for me who are film-school graduates and honestly, if they had been clapper boys or tea boys …"

"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."

"I was a pretty serious teen. I thought it would be the end of the world if I did badly in a test."

"Directing is challenging. I commend all the wonderful directors out there. It takes a lot to drive a project forward."

"I was inspired by the idea of isolation and survival, but also by something deeper, what would the world look like wi…"

"Initially, it was about survival. But as I developed the story, I realized that emotional survival is just as importa…"

"I wanted to convey that even in the most broken, abandoned places, both physically and emotionally, love and hope can…"