I'd say that the No. 1 ...

I'd say that the No. 1 attribute you need as an actor is to be malleable. You need to be able to change and tailor what you're doing to what the situation dictates.
 Jay Baruchel

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What I love about [TV] is this: It's a specific thing to be able to tell a satisfying, rewarding story in less than 25 minutes. Not everyone can pull that off. There's something really cool about giving lit people a bunch of little mini movies.
 Jay Baruchel
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
It's something I want to do going forward - make a movie that is commercial and universal and will play in any movie theater or living room in the States or the UK, but is definitively Canadian. I don't think there's such a thing as prohibitively Canadian.
 Jay Baruchel
I don't work in movies and TV because I adore acting, it's because I adore movies and TV.
 Jay Baruchel
Rigidity is the enemy of acting. And I think that people who stay up all night focusing on every beat they're going to do the next day always end up getting screwed.
 Jay Baruchel