Jamie Farr Quotes

The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC.

While it is entirely untrue that Canadians lack a sense of humour, the funniest ones tend to head south: Dan Aykroyd, Jim Carrey, Michael J. Fox.

Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.

There's hardly a single show that doesn't have a Canadian on it.

I want to be host of 'SNL.' I want to work with Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, J.J. Abrams, Emma Stone and Tim Burton, Sean Penn, Cameron Crowe. I want to work with Adam Sandler - he is so funny - and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.

I'd love to work with Steve Martin. I'd love to work with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd.

Canada does a really a phenomenal job of producing music, actors, and entertainers. If you look at the number of people we have in our country relative to the number of people that are prominent in the entertainment industry, it's pretty impressive.

Pretty people don't keep comedies on the air. Funny people keep comedies on the air.

Billy Crystal, Steve Martin do wonderful things.

There are many good-looking actors.

Michael Cera was born in Canada in 1988 at the tender age of zero.

Actresses have always been in a position of power.

Debbie Allen and Regina King inspire me.

I don't admire actors so much, actually.

I would love to work with Ryan Reynolds - I think he is hilarious and talented - and also Seth Rogen.

The Canadian audience is very critical, particularly of their own content.

I remember being captivated by Steve Coogan and Eddie Izzard and wanting to do what they did. That generation of comedians was my main influence.

Kelsey Grammer and Martin Lawrence are such legends.

I'm having a ball on 'Glee.' It's a joy to be working there - the whole cast is so talented.

I've worked with a lot of great, glamorous girls in movies and the theater. They would always give their last ounce to get where they wanted to be.

I had never really heard of Meryl Streep before. Someone told me she was an actress and she'd been in a few things, but I said, you know, whatever. She showed up and she seemed somewhat inexperienced, so I gave her a few pointers, and I think she has a decent career ahead of her. It's always hard to tell these things in Hollywood, but I do think that she has some talent under there. I think she's a diamond in the rough.

I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actor.

There are so many filmmakers who are so talented, and actors and writers who work so hard, and it's really hard to let your work enter the world.

Being an actor is like winning the lottery. It's not really about your talent, it's right time, right place, right face.