The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

Some actors can draw from their own darkness.

The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral port

Doubt is an obstacle to success, and success is how you control the doubt.

.....You see, Blake, the thing is, I don’t give a sh*t what other people think.

You have regulations on top of regulations, and new companies cannot form and old companies are going out of business. And you want to increase the regulations and make them even worse.

There is a higher more powerful part of you. Your higher self will come through your intuition, coincidences and synchronicity of all kinds.

Recognize that you are a spiritual being who is part of a large cosmic family of spiritual beings. You have the power, strength, and talent to fulfill your own individual earthly destiny.

I don't have the patience to sit and write.

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.

I feel like my whole life only tennis.

The first time I went to see a Second City show, I was in awe of everything. I just wanted to touch the same stage that Gilda Radner had walked on. It was sacred ground.