For 20 years I've had the privilege of representing Canada around the globe. . . first on the bike and then on my blades. The experiences have shaped me into who I am today.
Cinema Paradiso' is a fantastic film, I love that.
When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You laugh when you're the most upset.
As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not caring about you, they're caring about the character.
We live alone, we die alone. Everything else is just an illusion.
I always try doing a different character for every film so it's not just changing one.
It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.
It has been estimated that of the world Jew population of approximately fifteen millions, no fewer than five million are in the United States. Twenty-five percent of the inhabitants of New York are Jews. During the Great War we bought off this huge American Jewish public by the promise of the Jewish National Home in Palestine, held by Ludendorff to be the master stroke of Allied propaganda as it enabled us not only to appeal to Jews in America but to Jews in Germany as well.
As long as capital-both human and money-can move toward opportunity, trade will not balance.
I'd love to be a woman for one day of my life. . . God. . . I would be drunk with power.
Second films are, you know, like 'difficult second albums', so it's a tricky position to be in but I think he's made a highly accomplished film.