You can't always play the hero. You have to play the villain.

I was the generation who hated the white man, despised him, wanted to shoot him.

I always say my first break was a dead man's break.

I have never been attracted to television work. Even to appear in series and soapies. I have always appeared in theatre and major movies, writing plays and other things.

I believe strongly that the word 'protest' is no excuse for bad work. The artist must create.

My stories are about humanity, about the challenges of surviving and the constant fight against ignorance, inhumanity and complacency.

Someone once asked me what I missed most. I said, 'My youth.' I've never been a boy who could run around, go crazy, do this, try that. There wasn't time for that.

My grandfather told me our history through his stories about all the great Zulu battles.

Whenever I play Shakespeare, I keep thinking, 'how did this Englishman know so much about me?'

The only reference in my life is my life, and it's my life experience. It's my environment. It's my community. I've not made that for books.

We never deal with propaganda. We never deal with politics. We never deal with newspaper headlines. We deal with the harsh realities of our lives. We will only comment when there is more bread to eat, more space in which to move, time in which to open your mouth and sing. As long as these things have not happened, we do not talk about politics.

I am a citizen of the world, or no world at all!

Yes, we have the judiciary, the Constitution, we're fighting racism on a daily basis, but these are all state efforts and are not the efforts of the individual. The individual has to commit to change, the individual has to look at the past and take accountability of the past; for the wound to heal we have to dress it together.

A telenovela is a story that's like a soapie, but it has a beginning, middle and an end.

You can give me any of Shakespeare's plays and I'll tell you a parallel African folktale.

I will always vote. I have done so, ever since 1994.

I used to wonder, when my grandmother would tell me what the wolf said to the jackal, how these animals can talk. And, she would say, 'in my stories, animals talk. Shut up and listen.'

I spent 51 years under apartheid. I don't imagine suffering. I know it.

Shakespeare examines how democracy is built.

And I'm part of the generation of South Africans who feel we're lucky to be alive.

Everything you do on stage is always a response to something, not the next line.

I'm Dad at home, not John Kani.

Any older actor knows the last great mountain to climb is to play King Lear and now, if I ever play Lear, I will have done the pre-preparation because I had to go into the play and read it over and over again.

When I am offered work, I am very selective.

When I was asked to write a concept for a telenovela, I didn't underestimate my non-experience in the field.

The little ones still remember how to use the power of their imagination. They are still engaged in the utilization of their imagination, that is one of the reasons that keeps them so exhilarated.

An answer to a question no one asked is a wasted answer.

Everything is unfolding perfectly. And as you relax and find ease in your attitude of trust, knowing that Well-Being is your birth-right, amazing things will happen. Things the likes of which you have not seen before.

Let go of the oars... Everything you want is downstream.

Let me remember I am one with God. Our shining footprints point the way to truth, for God is our Companion as we walk the world a little while.

The one wholly true thought one can hold about the past is that it is not here. To think about it at all is therefore to think about illusions.

I can wade through contrast and give birth to desires without yielding my Well Being.

There is no risk involved.

I can easily set my tone.

The laws of the Universe are responding to me.

This is getting funner.

I like it where I stand. This is fun.

I don't have to know everything that's gonna happen, I know enough.

I'm figuring it out as I go, I'm good at that.

Well Being is my birthright.

You are in the perfect position to get there from here.

I never get far from Well Being.

Now I'm in the process of fine turning.

The expansion is inevitable.

I love that there are others interacting with me.

It's all about enjoying the powerful NOW. I really love what I do.

All of this is for fun anyway.

I've already discovered how to hold myself within range.

I can't get it wrong.

I'm good at what I do.