I Grew Up On Movie Sets, I'm

I Hate Movies That Tell People What To Think. I'm Proud That Democrats Thought 'thank You For Smoking' Was Their Film And Republicans Thought It Was Theirs. I'm Proud That Pro-choice People Thought 'juno' Was Their Film And Pro-life People Thought It Was Theirs.

And I Certainly Like Being On A Plane, Next To A Stranger, Having Conversations That You'd Never Otherwise Have. You're Unplugged, Your Phone Doesn't Work, You're Not Online.

As Far As Writing, I Like Watching Bad Movies. Nothing Stops Me In My Tracks More Than Watching A Great Film Like 'the Godfather' Or 'dog Day Afternoon' Or 'the Graduate.' You Watch One Of Those, And You Never Want To Write Again. Whereas With Bad Movies, It Makes You Think, If That Counts, I Certainly Could Write.

Yeah, I Was Born In Montreal And I Go Back To Vancouver And Toronto A Lot, So I Have A Sense Of Being Canadian, And I Was Raised By Two Canadians, And My Wife Is Canadian, So Yeah, I Feel It.

Directing 'the Office' Is Kind Of Like Someone Going, 'would You Like To Drive My Lamborghini?' And I'm Like 'yes, I Would Like To Drive Your Lamborghini. That Sounds Like Fun.'