“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
“Rigidity is the enemy of acting. And I think that people who stay up all night focusing on every beat they're going to do the next day always end up getting screwed.” PeopleThinkingEndsNightNextActingEnemyBeatsNext DayAll NightRigidityUp All Night Author:Jay Baruchel
“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.” PeopleNeedsEarthCommonLaughingOne ThingMajoritySevenBillionsSignificantGood TimesPairsHaving A Good TimeCounterpartsSignificant Other 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
“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.” PeopleGivingLittlesStoriesAbleMinutesTvsBunchSatisfyingLitReally Cool 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
“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.” PeopleWorldGivingArt Author:Jay Baruchel
“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.” PeopleReasonEnjoyOwnership Author:Jay Baruchel
“I'm a massive movie nerd. That being said, I could retire tomorrow because I wrote this movie 'Goon' and it came out, and it connected and it's a wonderful flick that I think is beautiful and then it had this wonderful life and it means a lot to a lot of people.” PeopleThinkingMeanSaidBeautifulWonderfulTomorrowConnectedMassiveRetiringNerdWonderful LifeGoons Author:Jay Baruchel
