One particular night I was at the theater. I was not scouting for a project, but I was touched by this play by Évelyne de la Chenelière. I was touche….

Sometimes it's about the economic situation and sometimes it's about the fear of others. Sometimes it's about protecting the generally accepted value….

I work, play and do everything in French..

The first person to make me realize there was someone behind the film was Steven Spielberg..

I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist..

It's a romantic view of Canada. It's like Michael Moore saying we don't lock our doors in Canada. I lock my door mainly because my girlfriend wants m….

I feel relief about the Oscars. You know, you're not in this business for prizes but, okay, I missed one..

My film is in French. It's not something folkloric. It's who we are. There's this tension about immigrants coming in. Will they learn French? Will th….

In Canada, we have so much land, so much space, and so few people..

We have a conservative government that only thinks in terms of efficiency. They are spending a lot of money on military expenses and less and less on….

I think cinema is the memory and the imagination of the country. Take the memory and imagination out of an individual, and he stops being an individu….

My film is actually very critical of the level of French we're using back home. To have an immigrant from an ancient French colony come and do that i….

If you look at the Oscars and look at the Best Foreign Language series, you see that the films are coming from everywhere - from Quebec, Israel, Pola….

Even if I knew that Separation would probably win, when they announced the film, I was thinking to myself "Oh! I want this! I want this!" And so, whe….

At the end, what I like is that it's the girl's decision to go back in the room. She needs a hug, she wants a hug, she asks for a hug and he gives it….

In the province of Quebec where I come from, we speak French and the only cosmopolitan city is Montreal. Every time we tackle the subject of immigrat….

If youre writing a screenplay from scratch, it involves a lot of creation..

What I know is that if I was asked to teach mathematics in French for a week to young kids, I would do my homework and I think I could do a decent jo….

It's the same challenge as with any other character, adults or not. You want to take time with the kids. You want to tell them in the audition that t….

I was interested in immigration and I wanted to use that in the film, not necessarily to talk about immigrants, although I wanted to do that, but to ….

In the private system and the private schools, the principal is pretty much a dictator. He or she can hire whoever s/he wants. Of course, in the movi….