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

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.

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.

I'm really attracted to authors who take on really tricky material with a very open mind and take a subject matter that you wouldn't think would be a comedy.

Nurturing self-confidence is a daily endeavour.

After your daily bread, if you ask God for anything, ask 'him' to make you right in the head.

Conflict makes people feel alive.

I think people should maybe just go out into the garden and watch a ladybug crawl across a flower and relax their mind. That's about all you need to know about life, I think.

Wherever I went, crowds appeared again, and I started making solo albums for the first time in my career.

Woman was and is condemned to a system under which the lawful rapes exceed the unlawful ones a million to one.

In a world where the great technologies enable us to record, replay, cut and paste, zoom in, and delete, listening is the crucial commitment to keep the heart touchable.

Come on, baby, light my fire. Try to set the night on fire.

The Voice has always been an alternative paper. They have always understood that that was part of their role.

If we have a strength, it is in recognizing when we are operating well within our circle of competence and when we are approaching the perimeter.