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" Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer. "

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" Americans know as much about Canada as straight people do about gays. Americans arrive at the border with skis in July, and straight people think that being gay is just a phase. A very long phase. "

Scott Thompson

Canada

Think

People

" People don't listen when you lecture. No one wants to be talked down to or scolded. "

" I think a case could be made that there's sort of a crisis of masculinity in the West. Particularly with white males. "

" We have been so pleased with the response to our unique schools in the Nashville area, and we are confident that other areas will embrace our concept, as well. "

" A lot of gay men are in delusion if they think they're super macho. "

" I believe the things that happened to me as a child scarred me terribly, and I wish somebody would have helped me with some of the things that happened. "

Scott Thompson

Wish

I Believe

" This world is filled with five billion people with five billion different ways of looking at things. "

" Writing is a difficult thing. "

" I first got into fruit when I was a teenager, when my life was changing in every way. The first time I had a mango, at like 18, I was like, 'Where has this been my whole life?' "

" Fathers should start teaching the boys how to punch. "

" I've pretty much given up on the orange. I really have. I just don't even bother. It's just either sour, or woody, or the skin's too thick. It's very nice when you come across the perfect orange, because it's really a beautiful experience. But the stakes are too high. "

" My cancer continues to make for all kind of hilarity. "

" Comedy is actually very macho driven. "

" I think Canadian humor is a little less broad than American humor. "

" When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction. "

" I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy. "

" My theory is that comedy comes from little people. "

" Art is difficult. "

Scott Thompson

Difficult

Art

" I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really. "

" I'm not a wilting flower. I'm honest, so I pick a lot of fights. I've burned a lot of bridges. "

" I won't play a teenager. "

Scott Thompson

Teenager

Play

" When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me. "

" Art is about the edges and the sharp corners and those places are not conducive to activism, which is about putting on a gloss. "

" In Canadian comedy, you'll almost never see guns. If you bring a gun into a scene, it's like, 'Whoa! Wow, how are we going to deal with that!' Guns in an American comedy are a given. Violence in America is used in a much more cavalier way. "

" The gay male is always going to be at the bottom. "

" My feeling with my characters is that they all have a right to feel exactly the way that they do, so I never censor them. I don't judge them. "

" When you are not treated seriously, you develop comically. Its sense of oneself is so fractured and fragile that it's like the picked-on kid who has to become funny. "

Scott Thompson

You

Kid

" I guess chemistry is just another word for love. "

" I wanted to be a male ballet dancer. "