My mom said to me when I was a little kid, "You don't have to hate your job. Just because you see all these unhappy grown-ups doesn't mean you have to be one of them." She said, "Find something that… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
I guess I always have sort of general ideas, but the best stuff would be the stuff that comes to you in the moment,… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
Well, basically I started when I was 12 years old in Montreal doing different Canadian children shows, which amounts to basically relative obscurity in terms of an American resume. And then when I was 17 I got cast in the movie Almost Famous and I did two scenes in that and then I went back home and basically had the… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share
I do feel the weight of being the steward of the greatest sport the world ever came up with. I grew up with a… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
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… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
I have a lot of really close, important friends of mine who live in Los Angeles and a lot of good things in my life have happened to me in Los Angeles or have come from Los Angeles. That being said, it's too hot for me. The architecture is ugly. You can't walk anywhere. The food sucks. Everyone's carrying guns.… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share
I have a little sister, and I'm constantly annoyed [by] how terribly written most females are in most everything - and especially in comedy.… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
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… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
Long before I had any business of being picky or discerning, I was. I remember I was 18 in Los Angeles, doing a TV show called 'Undeclared' and I was getting scripts, you know, for things to audition...and I turned down auditions for 98 per cent of them...From the very beginning I was like, 'No, I'm living in Montreal and… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share
When I started acting, my mom said, "If you want to go to film school and eventually direct, being on set is probably the… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director. — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
I would say that since I was nine years old I've always wanted to write and direct horror movies and action movies. There's never… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
I know it's going to sound like a cliché, but the key of successful playing a role is to sort of keep it real… — Jay Baruchel Copy Share Image
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