Africa is on the rise..

I don't keep up with the Joneses, I am the Joneses..

Start small and with your own money..

They will love me for that which destroys me..

The image is an image..

God hides things by putting them near us..

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..

We don't present our voices to the audience, we resonate our souls..

Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Take what you got and fly with it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

I want to show audiences I can act..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I am not an African. I am an American..

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..