I kind of end up getting caught up in whatever the rhythm of the movie is and how open the director is to changing things in the moment or finding it in rehearsal.

I may not have gone to high school every day, but I spent whole a lot of my adolescence feeling vulnerable and confused and alone... just like everybody else.

Since I was 15 I've felt kinda like... an old man.

Michael Cera was born in Canada in 1988 at the tender age of zero.

If someone wants to be a part of your life, they’ll be there. So don’t bother saving a spot for someone who won’t make an effort to stay.

It's so easy to get caught up in your own self-doubt when you're writing. It can be so easy to tell yourself, "Who am I kidding?"

Most of the 16-year-olds I know are snotty brats that I wish I didn't know.

I worry more about something that isn't working rather than something that feels really good. You forget about the good stuff.

I could not work for a long time. I don't spend very much money. Basically I spend money on food and DVDs.

I'm not stereotypically Canadian. I don't really follow hockey. I don't feel like anything other than myself, basically.

I like to write. I like to do that when I'm not working so I don't go totally crazy, and so I feel like I'm still doing something constructive.

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.

I never wear the same shoe twice.

The first time I took LSD, it just blew everything away. I had such an incredible feeling of well-being.

In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small!

I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money.

Names are not important. It's what lies inside of you that matters.

How many fingers am I holding up?" he inquired. Lucille regarded him blearily and said, "Avocado.

I love the Roth IRA. Tax-free income in retirement is a truly great deal.