Noah Reid

“I even played select for a year when I was 13. But it got to be too much, and I knew I wasn't going to make the NHL and decided to focus on something I had a shot at.”

“From a creative standpoint, it's very rewarding to get to communicate my own thoughts and emotions and realities.”

“I've been singing most of my life in choirs and musicals.”

“From my own perspective, I love to see people who I know from television or film on stage because it puts them in real time and real space.”

“I never wanted to be a rock star.”

“I write folky tunes, like Tom Waits and Bob Dylan.”

“Both my parents and sister are visual artists. That skipped me over completely. I can't draw a straight line. I've found other ways to access my creativity.”

“People found my music and it opened up a door to a music career that I didn't really know would be possible.”

“I think I'm somebody who experiences a good deal of shame.”

“Pretty Woman' is about a woman. And she is very attractive.”

“I just want to continue to do work that challenges me and that I get to surround myself with thoughtful, intelligent, compassionate, and brilliant artists.”

“I am very lucky to have the opportunity to tour and play my songs in rooms full of people that are coming to hear them.”

“If you're lucky enough to be involved in projects that actively question the world around us, and where people fit or don't fit in, and how we can contribute to a better world or critique the world, that feels like a sweet spot for me.”

“Any time you're playing a character, you're seeing the world through their lens and their experience. That extends to how they experience music, how they feel about their voice, who they're singing to, and a ton of other variables.”

“The best things in my life have come from, you know, settling down and not trying to hustle too hard.”

“My wife Clare and I have talked at various points about how easy it would've been for us not to find our way to each other.”

“I love the challenges of, ultimately, the examination of what it is to be a human being in this world. I mean that's kind of what artists have been reflecting on for centuries and generations and we just keep getting more complex as a species. There's lots to mine.”

“I got to work with the late great Olivia Newton John when I was a kid. I was about 20 years old. She played my mum in a movie we did in Canada call 'Score: A Hockey Musical.' It was just a crazy, amazing experience. I would say she has got to be one of my favourite Aussie I have ever met.”

“A film like 'The Archivists' highlights that in the darkest times, cultural output can really give you something that you need. When the world is falling apart, at least you can look at something, somewhere, being full of life.”

“I went to Ireland in my early 20s. I was there for about two weeks. I did go to the pub quite a bit.”