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" I don't know enough about manliness to define it. "

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" I grew up on Mel Brooks films. That was film to me until I got a little bit older and realised there were other kinds of movies. "

" You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide. "

" The '70s just seemed dirty, honestly, and not in an interesting way. It's not the '80s. In fact, it's 10 less. I grew up in the '80s, so that's more of an interesting time to me. "

" It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years. "

" Women are better than men. "

" For me, I sort of felt like it was kind of a fairytale... but an interesting one. I don't know of anybody who has had a romance quite like this, but I certainly know people who have stuck it out. "

" Cars can have a hypnotic effect. You can get in a car and get out and not really remember the trip. "

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" Do you remember when Fabio got hit in the face with a pigeon on the roller coaster, and it broke his nose? Sometimes I feel like I'm the pigeon, and the Internet is Fabio's face. Actually, I don't know if I'm the pigeon, or I'm Fabio's face. Depends on the day, I guess. "

" I'm Canadian, and so American politics aren't really in my wheelhouse. "

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" My uncle was an Elvis impersonator - his name was Perry, and he went by 'Elvis Perry' - and my work as a wedding singer landed me a spot in his act. "

" I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me. "

" I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, because sometimes I don't feel anything at all for things I'm supposed to, and other times I feel too much. It's not always like it is in the movies. "

" It was a strange experience, making a love story and not getting along with your co-star in any way. "

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" I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor. "

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