Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
My sisters are my favorite people on earth.
Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.
A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.
The ultimate 20-year plan is to be living in the Caribbean, writing, living off the land, eating from the ocean and probably smoking herb.
Working in South Africa and the people in Johannesburg get under your skin. It stays with you. It's a place I want to take my children back to. It's a place that filled me with great joy and inspiration but also sadness. I think it's one of the most complex places on the planet.
Every character in each of my movies is a different side of myself.
I feel like movie stars don't have many friends at all. They have acquaintances.
Failure is just a tax on the way to success. It is inevitable but it is not the whole story.
Shakespeare's plays often turn on the idea of fate, as much drama does. What makes them so tragic is the gap between what his characters might like to accomplish and what fate provides them.