When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else.

My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with Mother Nature, all of these things absolutely have a profound effect.

I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune, the first thing I think of is Toronto.

For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters and writers and musicians have done before him.