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The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC.

As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.

Canada does a really a phenomenal job of producing music, actors, and entertainers. If you look at the number of people we have in our country relative to the number of people that are prominent in the entertainment industry, it's pretty impressive.

The thing with Bill Shatner is he brings something unique to everything he does. He's not the obvious choice for anything, but he always brings something special to it.

The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men.

There are a lot of top-notch shows in Canada.

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

I think there's a certain objectivity that comes from being Canadian. You're partly British and partly American; you have a good bird's-eye view of both countries. So much of the comedy that comes out of Canada is impersonation - it's less 'look at me' than it is 'look at me playing other people.'