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

I'm Dad at home, not John Kani.

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Before 1994, many South Africans used theater as a voice of protest against the government. But with the end of apartheid, like the artists who watched the fall of the Iron Curtain in Europe, theater had to find new voices...

It is ridiculous to think we can erase racism in South Africa, but through theater there can be a genuine attempt to move on with our lives and build a better country.

I come from a long line of storytellers.

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

I had to look at white people as fellow South Africans and fellow partners in building a new South Africa.

In Australia, I almost became a counsellor. At the end of each performance there would be a queue of sobbing people backstage. They all wanted to explain why they left South Africa.

It dawned on me that theatre is a powerful weapon for change.

Other theaters exist here solely to entertain the white audience and keep South Africa on a par with what's going on in the West End or Broadway. The Market concerns itself with theater of this country, for this country.

I must concentrate all my efforts in the attainment of freedom for my people.

Theatre has had a very important role in changing South Africa. There was a time when all other channels of expression were closed that we were able to break the conspiracy of silence, to educate people inside South Africa and...

When you write as an artist, you just tell a story and people say it addresses issues.

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...

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...

When I am offered work, I am very selective.

I want my work to contribute toward creating a better society, toward bringing people together. That is always the first consideration, not the money.

When the situation politically became intolerable within South Africa, we used the arts as a weapon for change.

I have been on the Urban Brew board for many years and assisted with the artistic evaluation of the various shows that were pitched to the production company.

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

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