Kristen Hager Quotes
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For me, selfishly, Toronto is my favorite city in the world. It's the greatest city and you have the whole world here.
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A lot of films in Canada are subsidized by the government, and compared to a studio, the government really stays out of your face creatively.
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I grew up always wanting to act, always knowing that's what I wanted to do.
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I know for me, specifically, L.A. is just an overwhelming and scary place. I like spending part of my year there, but I love having Canada as my home to come back to.
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The fundamentals of what I'll do to prepare for a role don't really change. They evolve as you work with more actors and you pick up more tricks.
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Generally Canadian films are smaller. I think the market here is a tenth of the size of the States. So there's less resources to put into the films.
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By far, the content of Canadian films. You're able to push the envelope in ways you can't in the U.S., I find. But also, because of the budgets and everything, it's all condensed, quick, and short.
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You have a lot more freedom to explore and improvise in a Canadian film, which you might not have when there's 13 different production companies that all have serious equity investments.
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There wasn't even a movie theater in the town. Nothing. Not even any fast food chains of any kind. Regardless, I knew that I was going to leave and become an actor, and be in film and television, and I've done it.
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