“It doesn't matter if you work with an Oscar winner or if you work with an unknown actor. There is always a collaboration between the director and the actors, and you always have to listen as the actors have to listen to you as a director.” IfsMatterActorsDirectorsWinnerCollaborationOscars Author:Baran Odar
“In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship. You have to say, "Well, we're sailing to the left and not to the right." But, you always have to listen to everyone, because I'm not always right and other people have great ideas, too. I think that makes great moviemaking.” PeopleThinkingWellsIdeasEndsCoursesLeftDirectorsShipsCaptainsSailingGreat Idea Author:Baran Odar
“You always face a bunch of hands trying to stop you from working.” TryingHandsFacesBunch Author:Baran Odar
“If you're undercover for two or three years, I think you lose your private life.” IfsThinkingYearsTwoThreeLosesThree YearsPrivate LifeUndercover Author:Baran Odar
“I was born in Switzerland. Everyone thinks I'm Swiss, but I'm actually German. I'm from Germany.” ThinkingBornGermanySwitzerlandSwiss Author:Baran Odar
“For instance with regard to tourism, that we should be able to target people who are interested in investing in the tourism sector and explain that this is the size of the market, these are the incentives in this particular area, this is the capacity, this is what is needed.” PeopleShouldAbleParticularNeededAreasCapacityRegardInvestingSizeInstanceTargetIncentivesTourism Author:Thabo Mbeki
“You need to be able to do that to market these possibilities to these specific investors who would be interested in a sector of that kind. It's what would be normally done by anybody with regard to attracting investment to particular sectors of the economy.” NeedsKindDoneWould BeAbleEconomyPossibilityParticularRegardInvestmentInvestors Author:Thabo Mbeki
“If you look for instance at the automobile industry, part of the reason that you have the expansion of that sector, is precisely because we have gone out to talk to the automobile companies to explain government policy with regard to that sector, to talk to them about the MIDP and things like that. And indeed, it has been a very important part of attracting those investors to put in money in the South African economy and build motorcars in South Africa.” IfsLooksHas BeensImportantReasonGovernmentCompanyEconomyGonePolicyIndustryRegardSouthInstanceInvestorsSouth AfricaExpansionAutomobileGovernment PolicyAutomobile Industry Author:Thabo Mbeki
“You can see now with all the assurance that people have about the overall general management of the economy, they then ask more specific questions that we are able to answer.” PeopleAbleAsksAnswersEconomyManagementAssurance Author:Thabo Mbeki
“We identified various sectors of the economy, which we said were growth sectors. I have mentioned tourism. We said, for instance, agro-business. We grow a lot of food and fruit and things like that. It must be possible to process those.” SaidGrowsProcessGrowthEconomyFruitVariousInstanceTourism Author:Thabo Mbeki