I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.

Usually the characters are where I start. Then I continually ask myself, 'What's the worst thing that could happen to this character?'

There's something that's so basically corrupt about any system in which a good and fair profit is not enough. There has to be more, every year, every quarter, because your stock price has to rise.

The stereotypes we pretend that we reject are ingrained in our DNA.

I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.

I like taking genres and subverting them. I did that with In the Valley of Elah. I said, "Okay, this is just a murder mystery. Relax." And then, two thirds of the way through, I broke every convention of a murder mystery.

It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.