Quotes

[on CBC Radio, regarding the Halifax, Nova Scotia Reel Out Film Festival] We had a screening of documentaries about human rights abuses co-sponsored by Amnesty International and only five people showed up. But our screening of 'Itty Bitty Titty Committee' was jam packed. Because people really like, you know...committees.

[on issues explored in his film Cloudburst (2011)] I came out in the 1980s when HIV was something everyone was dealing with, and I remember it was the lesbians who really came out and supported people and took care of people. They stepped in and got things done. I think that's the kind of hero I want to see on the big screen. And we never see protagonists like that. I think an old dyke is the perfect romantic heroine.

[on directing actress Olympia Dukakis in Cloudburst (2011)] She did express hesitancy to say all of the coarse language that I wrote. But you know, she's a professional, and she said the script is her bible and the director is her god, so she would do it. But, actually, I only wrote about half of the coarse language in the script. Once given permission to curse on film, I could not stop her.