I teach myself archaeology, I teach myself Spanish, and that's because it can be fun, it can be useful. So I keep studying. I read books because I still want to study. I don't want to stop.

I studied political science and international relations and had the intention of becoming a journalist or work in foreign affairs. I had no intention of making a film.

The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg.

I work, play and do everything in French.

In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people.

If youre writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation.

I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.

I think cinema is the memory and the imagination of the country. Take the memory and imagination out of an individual, and he stops being an individual. I think its the same thing for a country.

I don't like ostentatious galas and stuff like that, but if you get to the Oscars, you'd better get used to it and you'd better enjoy it.

I'm writing a political comedy that takes place in Canada in Quebec. It's funny. Saying political comedy is a little redundant but it's a first. I've never done any comedy per se.

I feel relief about the Oscars. You know, you're not in this business for prizes but, okay, I missed one.

Shed who you think you are, in order to experience who you really are.

Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically, ' they really mean, 'not really.'

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.

We're just getting better at our trade, man. We know what we're doing, and the reason why is that we've spent 30 years doing it. There's nothing that can replace that.

If consensus is overrated, I think balance is, too. I have no interest in living a balanced life. I want a life of adventure.

There's no me if there's no me and you.

To be considered a celebrity, there's a certain lifestyle that comes with that.

The harmonic effects produced unconsciously by our guitarists are one of the miracles of natural art.

It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.

You have to have a patience for relationships.