Canadian Quotes

It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.

It's about these people who are inextricably together for whatever reasons, and they happen to be in the spy world. It's about relationships, and the bottom line is, that's why you care.

In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it's very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don't.

If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.

I've been amazed that it's so popular with people. But it's been fantastic. People are very excited when I walk into a place and they recognize me from the series.

I'm very serious about acting.

I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.

I remember the first reading of the script we had and everybody was sitting around the table. I was very impressed with the level of acting that was in the room, particularly with Jennifer who has so much responsibility.

I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.

I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.

I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.

I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of explaining in the show, it takes a lot of energy and concentration.

I find out more about Jack every week. Essentially, I'm the same character, but I'm having more fun this season because I'm doing more aliases, you know. I like the surprise of not knowing.

I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift.

We were happy, and still are, to be able to do what we love.

We usually surprised everyone, and still do, as we keep the craziness onstage.

We played for power and impact.

We knew we did not want to record at Impulse Studios again, after the experience of recording in a 'real' studio in London for the Radio One session we did.

If one student is unable to get online, it cripples that student's team and puts the whole course in jeopardy.

When I was in school, all our history books were American, so we learned American history, not Canadian history.

There's something about strip malls that just reeks of my childhood.

The thing that really surprised me about strip malls in California, specifically Los Angeles, is that they have some really fantastic restaurants.

The important thing to remember is that bugs don't actually talk.

Stand-up comedy and poverty. Those were my two main endeavors.

Really, it's only been since the '70s that Canadians have had any pride in their country.

'NewsRadio' was fantastic.

In a lot of ways, it was a huge relief, not being a member of a troupe, being able to make your own decisions and kind of live your own life.