Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley
Sarah E. Polley OCis a Canadian actress, writer, director and political activist. Polley first garnered attention for her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea. She has starred in many feature films, including Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Guinevere, Go, The Weight of Water, My Life Without Me, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Dawn of the Dead, Splice, and Mr. Nobody...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth8 January 1979
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner.
Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity that may enrich my horizon.
Well, because Dawn of the Dead can take place anywhere and it shows that actually the entire planet is contaminated, I would say that it shows the new face of our world - one person, one race, united against the invisible destructive force.
I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.
It's amazing how the world does actually go on in the middle of things that should stop it for us.
AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations.
So it's conceivable I'll do something insane, or more insane than Dawn of the Dead. If that's possible.
But I've realized that I've stuck to a very specific kind of film and a very specific style of acting, and I would like to shake things up for myself.
This is the next generation of filmmakers and our films are going to get more interesting as they reflect the new Canadian experience...of Canada's and of their cultures,
They've got only one guy who comes back from the dead. We've got millions.
With being a mother, I feel like you choose how you spend your time so much more carefully - which is a good thing.
I think that the idea of family is a very powerful and influential and disjointed thing that will always captivate me.
In fact, there's an entire universe out there that's pretty much indifferent to struggles that big, no matter how serious they've been in your life.
It's been really important to me to create moments where there's a breath or moments where there's a laugh or moments where there's real life that's allowed to seep in through the cracks of whatever melodrama is happening, because that's what does happen in life.