“Really, who thinks of living in California as a Canadian kid? You just...” — Joe Thornton Quote

Really, who thinks of living in California as a Canadian kid? You just don't. Now when I go home to Canada to play a game, I am like, 'This weather here sucks.' I used to love it as a kid, but now it's like, 'Wow let's get back to California now.'

I'm just really passionate about the game of hockey. It's all I know and I love it.

Hockey players are a different breed.

Growing up close to Detroit, my brother is a huge Red Wing fan, my dad was a huge Gordie fan.

Being in hockey shape is totally different than any other kind of fitness. You can run and bike and work out all summer and then go on the ice for one shift and you're dead.

I used to take part in the gold rush of pilot season, when all the Canadian actors would flock down to Los Angeles to try to scare up some work. I would drive down and take a different route each time because I thought it would be interesting to see a little bit of America.

And, of course, the fact that Maurice Strong, a Canadian, was in charge made it important for us to pull up our socks and become leaders in this field. Now, here is a field we should be a leader in!

I take pride in both my Indian heritage and Canadian upbringing, and I bring that out in my music.

It's really hard as a Canadian actor to make a footprint in the States, because of the visa stuff.