To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that recognition. This has been the elemental drive of my existence, and it must be achieved, if I am to live or die with dignity.

A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.

I love being backstage, or doing littler things like Blame Canada.

If you're going to do a movie about the Village, it's pretty nice to shoot in the village and not be in Toronto.

"It's just literally being afraid. And you think, oh, [the alcohol] will ease the fear. And it doesn't." What was he afraid of? "Everything. It's just a general all-round arggghhh. It's fearfulness and anxiety." He added, "For that first week you lie to yourself, and tell yourself you can stop, and then your body kicks back and says, no, stop later. And then it took about three years, and finally you do stop."

If you can remember the sixties, you weren't there.

I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.