When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence.

Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences—and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn’t connect and, since the film is very personal, obviously I am made to feel very vulnerable by that.

People make decisions that may have one intent and yet are somehow perverted into something else. And sometimes it's because of design. Sometimes it's because of happenstance. But very often, it's mysterious to them.

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.

Every actor has a different temperament. Part of my job is to know what those boundaries are. The actor has to know you'll be there at the other end, that you're trying to represent them in the best light, who they are as they're harnessing these roles. The methods vary from actor to actor.

We're lucky to be making films. My crew and I have been working together for a long time. I think that that's what emanates.

My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration.