I was drafted when I was 17, and I spent two years, and I lost a friend in war.

In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'

I lost a good friend, ... He was a good Cubs fan like myself and we spent a lot of sad and some happy days there (Wrigley Field).

I was drafted during the Korean War.

During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.

I've played heavies for years and years and years. I was bald. I came to Hollywood. I did a play about junk. I was a pusher, so I played pushers for years and years and years. I did war movies and things like that.