Wendy Crewson Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Wendy Crewson: I’m passionate about being Canadian. I take great pride in our Canadian liberalism and acceptance; that my agent could marry his boyfriend without hassle. Canadians should take pride in our forward-thinking, our acceptance and understanding of life and people.

Wendy Crewson (On co-star Harrison Ford): He's got the devil in his eyes. You don't see that impishness on screen but he's got a wild side.

Wendy Crewson: I'm really a suburban housewife but I have this secret life as an actress and I get to run off and kiss Harrison Ford and then come back home and make peanut butter sandwiches.

Wendy Crewson (On Harrison Ford): He's cool. He does have a sense of humour. But after all, he is Harrison Ford. When I went in for the audition, he was there, of course. With a ball cap on, behind shades. I was intimidated for a minute, and then I thought, `Hey, wait a minute my husband and I know Woody Allen.' So the tension passed.

Trivia

Wendy won Gemini Awards for her role in At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story and for 'Best Actress in a Dramatic Series' for her work on Due South. Wendy's role as a regular on Home Fires won her an ACTRA Award (Canada's Emmy) as 'Best Actress in a Television Drama'.

Wendy's dad was in the farm implement business, so the family moved around a lot but whenever there was an opportunity, Wendy appeared in school plays.

Wendy Crewson is good friends with actor Harrison Ford.

Wendy has played presidential love interests on both Tanner '88 and 24. In the movie Air Force One, she played the president's wife.