There's something I have about being Canadian - there's a distance it gives you when you live in the States and operate in American culture. You approach familiar things a different way; you come at it from a different angle. It's a trait that runs through a lot Canadian artists' work and actors' work and musicians' - that kind of special remove.

I have a remarkably normal life.

I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

Always be available to your kids. Because if you say, 'Give me five minutes, give me ten minutes,' it'll be 15, it'll be 20. And then when you get there, the shine will have worn off whatever it is they wanted to share with you.

Since I'm not sure of the address to which to send my gratitude, I put it out there in everything I do.

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.