The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers.

I don't think there is any one route to directing.... Other than that I think you just have to think 'By any means possible' and take any job you can that will get you experience. I also did a lot for free. I got paid virtually nothing for my first film, but it changed my life.

There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

Americans always think they have to lead. I'm interested in ambiguity.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

When people see the conventions, they think they're going to get the straightforward genre - I don't give them that and they get mad. People see that and they think I don't understand the conventions because I'm not a good filmmaker.

It's interesting that gay men and young women have been the twin engines of the Bettie [Page] cult.