I always think it`s a bit of a joke when I get described as an activist. Really, for two or three months of my year I organise stuff, but I`m not as involved as I used to be.
It is important to me to stay in Canada. I used to think it was because I thought it was important to build up an indigenous film industry - but now I realise I`m incapable of living anywhere else. I`m a real homebody.
I think that what a lot of first-time filmmakers don`t realize is that they are the least experienced person on that set. Everybody else has been doing their job for years, so the whole act of playing the filmmaker, playing the person in command, is a cha...
If you have the opportunity to do things which have some meaning I don`t know why you would choose to do other things. I understand that many people don`t have that opportunity but I do right now so I`m happy to hold out for the films which have something...
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I always think it`s a bit of a joke when I get described as an activist. Really, for two or three months of my year I organise stuff, but I`m not as involved as I used to be.
