Bonko Khoza

“Put in the work and the time. Believe in your dreams, trust in God and don’t forget to pray”

“Study first, treat the art with respect and it will pay you back with longevity and substance.”

“The audience needs to start playing with their appetite and choosing different types of content”

“The audience can then push the industry towards something different.”

“Retrospection and bravery are important where passion is involved”

“When you’re most comfortable, you’ve got nothing to complain about. But things like passion come from the inside, it is who you are, it’s an expression of your true self.”

“Being human is my job, everytime someone books me, I have to draw from the actual reality of it, and if I haven't lived the actual reality of it, there is nothing to draw from”

“I am never dictated by what other people think, not that I couldn't care less, I love an audience, I went to a theatre school, we engage with the audience, but my art is not measured by how someone else feels.”

“It's crazy that the perception is that when someone sees you on TV, they think that you're making a crap ton of money, I don't know why human perception is that 'because I am public, I am rich'.”

“Most of our legends die broke because, number one, it's not that glamorous, the fees aren't that great, and secondly, we don't have royalties”

“I think there is a terrible stigma around producers underpaying people and I might put my head on the chopping block here, but the ecosystem is not that strong”