Canadian Director Quotes

James Cameron (director)

William Shatner

Kiefer Sutherland

Edward Dmytryk

There was nothing lonelier than a man with a million friends.

William Shatner

It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way of truth.

James Cameron (director)

I have become post facto a representative of the country. So if you ask, "Is Mermaids a Canadian film?" — it has become one. It has become a means whereby people characterize Canadian film. I think in the creation of Mermaids, I did see it in political terms. I thought of the underdog. Canada is not a superpower by any means. It's very quietly, comfortably democratic, but it's plagued by a sense of inferiority.

Patricia Rozema

Love is a self-manifested notion depending on how lonely you are - so if you're really attracted to someone, and you're really lonely, I think you can fall in love in an instant. It's all about where you're at.

Kiefer Sutherland

To the spectator, cricket is more a therapy than a sport. It is like watching fish dart about a pool.

Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort.

The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.