At one time or another, everyone's had the rom-com itch that needs to be scratched. Jay Baruchel More Quotes by Jay Baruchel More Quotes From Jay Baruchel I like writing strong women, because as a straight male, there's nothing more attractive to me than a strong girl. Jay Baruchel strong-womengirlwriting I enjoy acting, and it's given me a ton of happiness and it's affected my life and my family's lives in ways that we just can't imagine. Jay Baruchel actinghappinessway I have a maple leaf tattoo over my heart, quite literally, and my two favorite things on Earth are being in Canada and making movies. Jay Baruchel tattoohearttwo I have a little sister, and I'm constantly annoyed [by] how terribly written most females are in most everything - and especially in comedy. Their anatomy seems to be the only defining aspect of their character, and I just find that untrustful and it straight-up offends me. Jay Baruchel annoyedcharacterprofound People always like to have a good time and laugh, and, [among] the vast majority of the seven billion people on this earth, one thing that we all have in common is at some point we all need to pair up and find some sort of significant other, some sort of romantic counterpart. Jay Baruchel pairslaughingpeople My mom said to me when I was a little kid, "You don't have to hate your job. Just because you see all these unhappy grown-ups doesn't mean you have to be one of them." She said, "Find something that you would do for free and find a way to get paid to do it." That's been my guiding principle. Jay Baruchel hatemomjobs Movies are the greatest art form the world has come up with yet. If you don't use them to the full extent and you don't give people as much as you possibly can, you're doing a disservice to it. Jay Baruchel givingpeopleart If you know what you want and you hire people that can do it, there's no reason it should be arduous and torturous. I wanted everyone to enjoy themselves on my set and want to be there, to take ownership of it and pitch ideas to me and know that this is their flick. Jay Baruchel ownershipreasonpeople What I do for a living and how I unwind are one and the same; it's a rare special thing. Jay Baruchel special-thingsunwindspecial I just adore being on set. I adore storytelling. I can be on a set 70 hours a week and on those weekends, I'll still want to watch movies. Jay Baruchel weekendwantwatches When I started acting, my mom said, "If you want to go to film school and eventually direct, being on set is probably the best film school in the world." I'm incredibly grateful for the career I've had, but I was an actor to be a part of movies and TV, not the other way around. Jay Baruchel gratefulmomschool Before World War II in Canada, you were nobody until you went to England. Then, after that it was you're nobody until you went to the States. Jay Baruchel canadawarworld There's something about TV shows and the format that becomes a bit more personal. People watch two, three in a row before they get out of bed on their laptop or when they get home from going out and before they go to sleep. People make shows part of their daily routine, and that makes them take ownership of it. If you're so arrogant as to call yourself an artist, you can't ask for anything more than that. Jay Baruchel artisthomesleep What I love about [TV] is this: It's a specific thing to be able to tell a satisfying, rewarding story in less than 25 minutes. Not everyone can pull that off. There's something really cool about giving lit people a bunch of little mini movies. Jay Baruchel tvsgivingpeople It's something I want to do going forward - make a movie that is commercial and universal and will play in any movie theater or living room in the States or the UK, but is definitively Canadian. I don't think there's such a thing as prohibitively Canadian. Jay Baruchel wantplaythinking I'm a chronic ad-libber. So whoever hires me, often to their chagrin, should know that I will be talking a bunch of smack. Jay Baruchel shouldbunchtalking I guess I always have sort of general ideas, but the best stuff would be the stuff that comes to you in the moment, always. Jay Baruchel would-bestuffideas My vanity and narcissism will never let me go too far. Jay Baruchel never-let-me-gonarcissismvanity I don't work in movies and TV because I adore acting, it's because I adore movies and TV. Jay Baruchel adoretvsacting I would say that since I was nine years old I've always wanted to write and direct horror movies and action movies. There's never been a time in my life where that wasn't all I wanted to do. Jay Baruchel ninewritingyears
