Jay Baruchel famous quotes

04-12-2025

I notice the older I get, the more my speaking voice turns people around. Even if they have no idea who I am, they know they've heard this weird nasal disaster somewhere before.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Who I Am #Ideas #Voice
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 been a time in my life where that wasn't all I wanted to do.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Writing #Years #Nine
I don't work in movies and TV because I adore acting, it's because I adore movies and TV.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Acting #Tvs #Adore
I have a little sister, and I'm constantly annoyed [by] how terribly written most females are in most everything - and especially in comedy. Their anatomy seems to be the only defining aspect of their character, and I just find that untrustful and it straight-up offends me.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Character #Profound #Little Sister
I'm a massive movie nerd. That being said, I could retire tomorrow because I wrote this movie 'Goon' and it came out, and it connected and it's a wonderful flick that I think is beautiful and then it had this wonderful life and it means a lot to a lot of people.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Beautiful #Mean #Thinking
I think sports makes for good drama because it has all the same ingredients as anything worth reading or listening to or watching. Conflict, desire, heartbreak - it's all there.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Sports #Drama #Reading
You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Growing Up #Class #Underdog
There's a chunk of myself in every part I play.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Play
No one has a resume that they are 100% comfortable with, nor does anyone have a life that they are 100% comfortable with.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Doe #Resumes
Montreal is a great town. There's equal parts blue-collar town.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Blue #Towns #Montreal
Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Believe #Long #Acting
If it were up to me, every job would be somewhere in Canada.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Jobs #Would Be #Canada
I like writing strong women, because as a straight male, there's nothing more attractive to me than a strong girl.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Girl #Strong Women #Writing
For every big American movie I've done where I was the supporting guy, I've gone back home to Canada to do supporting movies where I was the lead.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Home #Guy #Gone
I enjoy acting, and it's given me a ton of happiness and it's affected my life and my family's lives in ways that we just can't imagine.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Happiness #Acting #Way
I have a maple leaf tattoo over my heart, quite literally, and my two favorite things on Earth are being in Canada and making movies.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Tattoo #Heart #Two
I am a proud Montrealer. Jobs will take me where they take me, but nothing will ever be able to convince me to leave my home.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Jobs #Home #Proud
The hockey I was raised on, the hockey I understand, the hockey that my dad taught me about when I was a boy was intrinsically connected with fighting. I grew up in a house where we revered tough guys.
-- Jay Baruchel

#Dad #Fighting #Hockey

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