When I got to filmmaking, the most democratic of environments where anybody could say anything, those were the best environments, but what you don’t want to assume is that you know what the audience is thinking.

I pulled out of making movies in about ’96 or ’97.

I had spent years working in radio at different stations in Toronto; I wasn’t in the stage company of Second City.

And I discovered after a couple years that I really didn’t miss making movies.

The actual process of filmmaking, the many hours out of your life- it is very slow and boring. I’m not interested in that now unless an opportunity was provided for me.

On the last couple of movies I made – big-budget Hollywood movies – I really missed being able to create my own material.

Well, whether it’s on film or on TV, you don’t want to throw too many curves at your audio and video guys.

I think that I recall the nostalgic ’50s: the start of early television and rock-and-roll, and I think everything seemed to get very generic. Not much has changed.

What we see is what they’re trying to sell us.

I don’t limit my taste. There’s some jazz that I like and there’s some opera. I’ve been listening to what was essentially country music, but it crossed over to rock.