My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration.

- Atom Egoyan

Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences—and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn’t connect and, since the film is …

- Atom Egoyan

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been f…

- Atom Egoyan

I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do…

- Atom Egoyan

I do think you fall in love when you feel that something of your story is being listened to for the first time, or you feel someone else is hearing i…

- Atom Egoyan

Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend.

- Atom Egoyan

People make decisions that may have one intent and yet are somehow perverted into something else. And sometimes it's because of design. Sometimes it'…

- Atom Egoyan

I think in the '80s, when I started making films, we were all suspicious of these technologies. We were all convinced they would filter out any emoti…

- Atom Egoyan

The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.

- Atom Egoyan