I would say just in general, in life, I'm more willing to be animated as a person, and so obviously onstage as well.
For 'Motive,' it wasn't a question of making it look un-Canadian, but instead, we wanted it to be the product of a bunch of really skilled people making something. And that's what you have.
I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.