It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.
It's hard to be super full of yourself in Canada. If there was a motto of Canada, it would be, "Who do you think you are, eh?"
Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.
Silly is you in a natural state, and serious is something you have to do until you can get silly again.
Everything I do is autobiographical in some way. 'Wayne's World' was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to heavy metal, and 'Austin Powers' was every bit of British culture that my father, who passed away in 1991, had forced me to watch and taught me to love.
I like smart jokes, I like dumb jokes, and I like dumb jokes done smartly.
My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.
Surround yourself with people who add the fuel of advice and encouragement to your fire.
[Riley] slapped his hands to his face and then dropped them as if in surrender. 'I always say the wrong thing around you. Look, can we start over?' Over?" Yes. Over. Wipe the board clean. ' But I would have to go back to hating you and not trusting you' I said Oh, well don't do that. ' He paused and chewed his lip. 'Does that mean you like and trust me now?' " - Riley and Trella
The greatest danger in art is too much knowledge.
We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means.