I Grew Up Working In Canada So

It's Really Crucial To Achieve That Balance With A Film Like This, Cause It Is Unique And Witty And Then There's The Tendency To Force That. It Becomes Contrived And I Know The Feeling Like, Give Me A Fork That I Can Stab In My Eye In Those Kinds Of Movies.

I Am Tired Of Hiding And I Am Tired Of Lying By Omission. I Suffered For Years Because I Was Scared To Be Out. My Spirit Suffered, My Mental Health Suffered And My Relationships Suffered. And I'm Standing Here Today, With All Of You, On The Other Side Of That Pain.

I Hope I Continue To Learn More. It's A Lot To Learn.

I Was In A Store In Halifax, Nova Scotia That I Love, Sort Of Like An Environmental Friendly Sort Of Store. But They Had A Great Book Section. So I Went In There All The Time. The Woman Who Worked There - Which I Feel So Bad; I've Forgotten Her Name - She Handed Me The Book And She Said, "hey, You Should Read This. I Think It Would Make A Good Movie." I Remember Reading The Back Of It And I Was Like, "huh." Then I Just Devoured The Book And I Was So Moved By It And Said, "why Don't We Start Developing This Into A Film?" So That's How It ['into The Forest'] All Started.

I Don't Get Competitive, Really. So I Don't Know. If I'm Excited About Something, Hopefully Someone Will Think, "oh Right, You Should Do This." And That's Great. I'm Not Being Very Articulate About This. I Just Don't Want To Do Stuff If I'm Going To Feel Bummed Out And Uninspired.