And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful.
I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.
In middle school, I had an '87 Regal. That was unheard of.
One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.
I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.
There's plenty of great independent films to do, but you can't support yourself making independent film as an actress.
I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.
In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.
Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.
When you're making a film, you don't really have time to consider what the whole of your film is. And then, when you're releasing your film and promoting your film, you're looking at it in a different way. Then, as you move away from it, you start to...
There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that. With each one of my films, I...
If African film makers had one-tenth the amount commanded by film makers the world over - even the amount used by so-called shoestring film makers - I think we would see quite an explosion of African films on the world scene.
Adversity is a school that you need not apply to be enrolled. It has no respect for age, wealth, education, race, power, fame or beauty. It is a school among schools and every human being passes through the school in one format or the other. It is al...
I don't care about Hollywood films. I'm not against Hollywood films, you know? Hollywood films were very good before, in the 1950s.
I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask.
There are some films that really break the mold, and some films that don't. I've been looking for films that break the mold a bit.
I'm very happy with the success of short films. In fact, for me, the short films make more money than the features.
I like the Edinburgh Film Festival, and I've liked what I've experienced of Glasgow's Film Festival too.
I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.
I want to open up a School of Cannibalism. It’ll be a feeder school for top law schools.
I have a home-school group with a couple of my friends. We switch off going to each others' houses and going to the library to do art and stuff. It's almost like our own little school - a really little school.