“At one time or another, everyone's had the rom-com itch that needs to be scratched.” NeedsOne Time Author:Jay Baruchel
“We prefer world law in the age of self-determination to world war in the age of mass extermination.” WorldWarSelfAgeLawMassDeterminationAgingWar Of The WorldsBirthdaySelf DeterminationUnited Nations50th BirthdayExtermination Author:John F. Kennedy
“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
“Regardless of how insane it might be, when you dig somebody you just met and you send that first text, goddamn, it's an eternity before you get the reply back.” FirstsMightMetsEternityInsane 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
“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.” WorldWarStatesEnglandWar Of The WorldsCanadaWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Jay Baruchel
“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.” ThinkingWantStatesPlayRoomsUniversalTheaterLiving RoomMovie Theater Author:Jay Baruchel