Tag Archives: John Kani

That's the beauty of art: art is universal. John Kani

I will always vote. I have done so, ever since 1994. John Kani

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. John Kani

I started to get my doctorate, not to be called 'doctor.' Those are just little things you get to get recognition. John Kani

What does Macbeth want? What does Shakespeare want? What does Othello want? What does James want? What does Arthur Miller want when he wrote? Those things you incorporate and create in the character, and then you step back and you create it. It always must begin with the point of truth within yourself. John Kani

We've got the right to vote, but what does it mean? People now want to have the right to a job, the right to education, the right to medical services. John Kani

This is the problem I have: I write a play and I give it to a director and they say, 'I'll do it one condition: if you play the role.' John Kani

Whenever I play Shakespeare, I keep thinking, 'how did this Englishman know so much about me?' John Kani

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

I remember the words of my grandmother who died at 102. I remember my great mother, Grand Brika, who died at the age of 106. They talked to us all the time. And my grandmother even lied to me. She said there was royalty. She said that my great-great-great grandfather was the king of the […]