We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions.
Put simply, there are many people who want to make movies and very few opportunities for them to do it.
You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script.
Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.
Hollywood, of course, is the city of illusion.
What you care about [movie] is whether it's moving you, or whether you're caught up in it.
When I first went to Pittsburgh, I had never been there before, and we hadn't even decided to shoot there yet. I just went to see the location of Michael Chabon's novel. Once there, I became aware that Pittsburgh is a "wonder boy," in the narrow sense of the term, just as the human characters are.
Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
I have never learned to read or write music so I am not a virtuoso musician like the others you mentioned. I am completely unable to play like them because I never learned classical music, I just developed my own crazy style!
Belief in form, but disbelief in content - that's what makes an aphorism charming.
I hate endings. Just detest them. Beginnings are definitely the most exciting, middles are perplexing and endings are a disaster. … The temptation towards resolution, towards wrapping up the package, seems to me a terrible trap. Why not be more honest with the moment? The most authentic endings are the ones which are already revolving towards another beginning. That’s genius.