Za momwe moyo wake udasinthira pambuyo pa chigonjetso pa Oscare: "Ndikufuna kubwerera ku zokambirana izi kwa zaka zambiri 10, pamene phokoso lonseli lidzakhala kutali, ndipo ndiona chiyembekezo chenicheni cha zomwe zidachitika. Tsopano ndikuyeserabe kusintha. Ndili ndi malingaliro otere omwe ndidamangidwa mu mtundu wina wa malo atsopano. Ndinali ndi maloto oti ndikhale wochita sewero, koma sindinaganizirepo zaulemerero. Ndipo sindingamvetse momwe zingakhalire. Izi ndi zomwe ndikuphunzira. Zingakhale zabwino kudutsa njira yapadera yomwe ikadandiphunzitsa kuthana ndi zonsezi. "
Mfundo yoti iye amatanthauza mawu oti "kuchita bwino": "Kwa ine palibe tanthauzo lenileni. Nthawi zonse ndikamachotsa cholepheretsa chotsatira, tizindikira kuti ndi bwino. Nthawi zina chotchinga chachikulu kwambiri chili m'mutu mwathu - a Propedartor yemwe amati palibe chomwe chingatuluke. Nthawi zonse ndimamveka m'mutu mwanga: "Sindingathe". Ndipo zikafika, mawu omwewo akuti: "Chabwino, ndi zosiyana chabe." Izi zikuwoneka mosalekeza kwa chingwe: Liwu limodzi limadziwa kuti nditha kuchita chilichonse, ndipo chinacho chikuopa kulephera. "
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