- There's only one direction [the Canadian film industry] can go in, and that is with film-makers who have powerful visions. There's a handful of them in Canada. They tend to make dark movies, movies that are counter-Hollywood and anti-television. I'd be thrilled if one of our luminary directors came to me and said: "There's this life-affirming book where good triumphs over evil, a story of human kindness, and I'd like to make it my next movie." Those calls rarely come.
- [Commenting on the Canadian government's support of the Canadian film industry] Many, many millions of dollars, are being spent making allegedly theatrical films that don't play in theaters.
- [Commenting on the proposal of putting a quota system on Canadian theaters] There's no evidence suggesting a high-quality commercial Canadian movie, supported by an adequate number of advertising dollars, has any trouble getting a wide release into theaters.
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