Discover how little you know about the people you know.

I am an obsessive flyer, myself.

Yeah, I was born in Montreal and I go back to Vancouver and Toronto a lot, so I have a sense of being Canadian, and I was raised by two Canadians, and my wife is Canadian, so yeah, I feel it.

Most people see a documentary about the meat industry and then they become a vegetarian for a week.

I think it's a mistake for young filmmakers to just buy digital equipment and shoot a feature. Make short films first, make your mistakes and learn from them.

Directing 'The Office' is kind of like someone going, 'Would you like to drive my Lamborghini?' And I'm like 'Yes, I would like to drive your Lamborghini. That sounds like fun.'

Comedy and horror are cousins; they're related. They both come from storytellers who want to specifically affect the audience and elicit specific reactions during the movie.

I'm a believer that people need to understand that filmmaking is not a perfect process for anybody. It is a process in which you find the film and the film finds you. And that is every film.

With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am.

Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.

Closeness was the promise of suffering and pain

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

Listen to your instincts. It will guide you to the right path.

Also, perhaps children are sterner than grown-up people in their refusal to suffer, in their refusal, even, to feel at all.

No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

I grew up in Monaco, and in that environment going into the financial sector was the obvious choice.

To resist him that is set in authority is evil

I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.

The characteristic feature of all ethics is to consider human life as a game that can be won or lost and to teach man the means of winning.

On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?