The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.

We both [with Jo Andres] think that it is really important to our culture that we support all kinds of music, all kinds of theatre and all kinds of art because you never know what moves people. We've always believed that there should be a strong voice outside the commercial world. Certainly, the commercial world has a huge place in our culture and we also support that - but, we also want to support the stuff that lives outside of that.

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.

My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig.

Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.