Montreal is a very cosmopolitan, sophisticated, erudite, educated, glorious city today. But it wasn't quite that way when I was growing up there. There was a lot of anti-Semitism. And I had to deal with that in an area of the city that had very few Jews.

Most people, including myself, keep repeating the same mistakes.

What part of me was born with the courage to stand in front of strangers and risk rejection?

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

We meet aliens every day who have something to give us. They come in the form of people with different opinions.

Energy is the key to creativity. Energy is the key to life.

Stop and smell the garlic! That's all you have to do.