"When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"

"Ambition is not a vice of little people"

"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"

"A company is only as good as the people it keeps"

"The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy"

"The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security"

"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"