39 Quotes by Jay Baruchel

There's a chunk of myself in every part I play.

You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog.

I think sports makes for good drama because it has all the same ingredients as anything worth reading or listening to or watching. Conflict, desire, heartbreak - it's all there.

I'd say that the No. 1 attribute you need as an actor is to be malleable. You need to be able to change and tailor what you're doing to what the situation dictates.

I'm a massive movie nerd. That being said, I could retire tomorrow because I wrote this movie 'Goon' and it came out, and it connected and it's a wonderful flick that I think is beautiful and then it had this wonderful life and it means a lot to a lot of people.

Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.

Montreal is a great town. There's equal parts blue-collar town.

I like writing strong women, because as a straight male, there’s nothing more attractive to me than a strong girl.

I think sports makes for good drama because it has all the same ingredients as anything worth reading or listening to or watching. Conflict, desire, heartbreak – it’s all there.