By far, the content of Canadian films. You're able to push the envelope in ways you can't in the U.S., I find. But also, because of the budgets and everything, it's all condensed, quick, and short.

You have a lot more freedom to explore and improvise in a Canadian film, which you might not have when there's 13 different production companies that all have serious equity investments.

I grew up always wanting to act, always knowing that's what I wanted to do.

The fundamentals of what I'll do to prepare for a role don't really change. They evolve as you work with more actors and you pick up more tricks.

I know for me, specifically, L.A. is just an overwhelming and scary place. I like spending part of my year there, but I love having Canada as my home to come back to.

For me, selfishly, Toronto is my favorite city in the world. It's the greatest city and you have the whole world here.

Generally Canadian films are smaller. I think the market here is a tenth of the size of the States. So there's less resources to put into the films.

A lot of films in Canada are subsidized by the government, and compared to a studio, the government really stays out of your face creatively.

I put my pants on one leg at a time, just like everyone else. It's the way I take them OFF that makes me better than you.

Where shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly 's done, when the battle 's lost and won

Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.

Some people worry because they are in debt; others, because they can't even get in.

The Internet...has become the voice of the people in the first genuine experiment in democracy yet conducted in America. It stands ready to serve every facet, every faction.

He who has art and science also has religion, but those who do not have them better have religion.

When you don't know what to expect, prepare for the unexpected.

What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known.

Only just now awakening after years of materialism, our soul is still infected with the despair born of unbelief, of lack of purpose and aim.

Refuse to allow yourself to have low expectations about what you're capable of creating