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.

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.

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.

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.

I need you because I'm in love with you, Eden, and I have no idea how I'll ever get over you.

I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction-I've worked hard for them!

Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

I am able to really enjoy the positive attention I receive.

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden

In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.

I can never be on time for anything. I'm always 10 or 15 minutes late.

When you go up in the ranking, for sure you have more friends.

Like the rest of us, Tom Paulin is a bundle of contradictions. At its finest, his work is brave, adventurous, original and wonderfully idiosyncratic.