52 Quotes by Gavin Hood

We grew up watching American films and I hope that Americans will watch our stories.

When you buy a ticket and when you buy a genuine DVD, you are an investor in South African film as your money is going back to people who invest in local films.

One of the struggles and one of the exciting things for South African filmmakers is: What stories are we allowed to tell? I hope for the industry that more and more, it will tell whatever stories it likes.

I was frozen in my seat. It was the first time I had ever seen people like me on the screen.

I feel very, very proud to hold this (Oscar) because it tells me, and all of us at home, that we can do it.

I want to thank my fellow nominees, who I've become deep friends with. We may have foreign-language films, but our stories are the same as your stories. They're about the human heart and emotion.

Our stories are the same as your stories. They're about the human heart and emotion.

My parents have been car-jacked. I have been mugged. We all know what it is like. But do you write a story about the way it is, or the way it should, or could, or needs to be?

We arranged a meeting in Los Angeles with big name stars, but I had to drop the idea. I wanted to film in the local Soweto dialect that only Soweto youth can speak and believed that shooting in any other language would dilute the impact of the film.