Canadian Talent Quotes

A lot of the best technologists live and work in Canada, and every once in a while, they are aggregated by a Canadian company, and then suddenly, they're not anymore. But the people are still here - they're just working for American companies to the benefit of American bottom lines.

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.

When 'Rookie Blue' began, I was so proud to be a Canadian on a Canadian show that was getting fans in America. I'm so used to working on American projects with Americans, it was a big deal for me to be on a show that showcases our talent... our 'peeps.'

The director is a Canadian, Jeff Stephenson, and any time I get a script that has any Canadian component, I'm always immediately much more interested.

So my thing is we want come in and diffuse anything that's not real, anything that doesn't associate with real hip-hop. We want to be the one that says, 'Yo, we want to help build and build a bigger and better industry.' I'm just like, 'Yo, with talent from Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec. Who's paying attention?'

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

Canada's a small market. I think sometimes we do too much of supporting American stories in Hollywood and not enough supporting our own.

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

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.

When I was growing up, I felt like no one gave Canadians a chance. And now that they see we have quality in Canada and it's amazing to see.

Every single comedian in Canada is now living in the United States.

I'm just saying to all the Canadian people: y'all got talent.

As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.

I feel like Canadian movies should be as good or better than the competition because of the talent we have here.

Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year'.

I've seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles.