I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.

I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.

When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable.

Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.

I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.

But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.

When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.

My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.

I wanted to make Canadian films, and I ended up making American films.

Empowering children through the Word of God so excellence is the standard not the exception

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

How much easier it is to be poor than rich.

Every time history repeats itself the price goes up.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother's milk.

Just as dogs love to chew bones, the mind loves to get its teeth into problems. That's why it does crossword puzzles and builds atom bombs.

Where did you learn your charm—the gulag?

I trust most people. Not producers.

Disempowerment - whether defined in terms of a lack of self-confidence , apathy, fear, or an inability to take charge of one's own life - is perhaps the most unrecognised problem in Africa today.