As far as sex slavery goes, in Canada, if the woman has a Canadian accent, I'm confident that she hasn't been trafficked and forced to work as a prostitute.
I love mixing amateurs and professionals.
I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.
My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.
My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
If you're striving for strong emotion and strong sentiment, and you're authentic with it and honest with it, then you're on the right side of the line. But if you step into sentimentality, there is a false move or a false tone to it.
It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.
Dare to turn life on its end, and you may find that topsy-turvy is a truer perspective than turvy-topsy.
The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.
I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness.
Divorce is just about change, you know. It's God saying, You need a change. And I'm going to make it so your bank account only has change.