Canadian Quotes

We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know.

They are uncomfortable talking about sex because they don't want people to think they know about it.

Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I'm scared. There's some stuff I don't know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They'll read it.

Kids and adults have sex for many, many reasons... Put out a question box.

If you don't know about it, you can't get it.

Get to like your own body.

As long as I'm having fun, I'm not quitting.

Sex is... perfectly natural. It's something that's pleasurable. It's enjoyable and it enhances a relationship. So why don't we learn as much as we can about it and become comfortable with ourselves as sexual human beings because we are all sexual?

Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies.

It's sad that the most glorious of sexual experiences can make us feel guilty, ashamed, embarrassed, and abnormal.

If you can't laugh about sex, you shouldn't be doing it.

It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product.

In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.

I'm just a storyteller.

I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.

I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.

I work with a lot of movie stars.

I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.

I think you get better as you get older.

I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.

I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you're going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective.

I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?

I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.

Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition.

Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.

Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.

But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.

As you know, in America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio, so if they want to remake it they can.