François Macerola,, culturecrat

1. I learned to speak English when my boss told me in a meeting that I was just ‘a fucking little prick’ and I replied, ‘Maybe.’ I did not understand what he meant.

2. When I was appointed film commissioner and president of the National Film Board of Canada by the government, I received a call from the minister’s communication office. They told me that they wanted to organize a tour of the country and visit Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Ottawa. They said, ‘See you tomorrow at 7 a.m. at the gate of the airport.’ Next day I went to Dorval Airport and it was only then that I realized that the government jet was taking off from St-Hubert.

3. I was at the Banff World Television Festival, and I was supposed to meet with some Japanese colleagues over breakfast. I went into the restaurant and saw a group of Japanese people, and I sat down to join them. I distributed my business cards and did a little speech to introduce myself when my contact found me. It turned out that I was in a wrong group… My group was waiting for me in another room.