“I notice the older I get, the more my speaking voice turns people around. Even if they have no idea who I am, they know they've heard this weird nasal disaster somewhere before.” PeopleIfsKnowsIdeasTurnsVoiceHeardDisasterWho I AmNo Idea Author:Jay Baruchel
“I know it's going to sound like a cliché, but the key of successful playing a role is to sort of keep it real and earnest and react the way that one would react in those situations. Where the disconnect between the movie and the audience would happen is if you go too big or too crazy with that stuff.” IfsKnowsWayRealBigsHappensStuffSoundSituationRolesAudienceSuccessfulCrazyKeysEarnestKeeping It Real Author:Jay Baruchel
“In the best-case scenario, the audience sees themselves in your shoes. The only way you can do that is if you try to play it as if it was happening to you.” IfsWayTryingPlayCan DoCasesAudienceHappeningsShoesScenarios Author:Jay Baruchel
“You always want to try and evolve an art form. It's not a very humble ambition; it reeks of arrogance. If you can, you want to try to do something that people haven't done before and give people something that they haven't seen.” PeopleIfsWantGivingTryingArtDoneFormHavensAmbitionHumbleEvolveArrogance Author:Jay Baruchel
“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.” PeopleIfsTwoShowsHomeArtistThreeAsksBitsSleepWatchesTvsBedRoutineArrogantOwnershipGoing OutTv ShowsGoing To SleepFormatLaptopsDaily Routines Author:Jay Baruchel
“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.” IfsWorldWayWantSaidSchoolFilmActorsActingCareersTvsMomDirectGratefulMy MomFilm SchoolBest Film Author:Jay Baruchel
“If it were up to me, every job would be somewhere in Canada.” IfsWould BeJobsCanada Author:Jay Baruchel
