Daily Inspiration Quote by Lexa Doig

Canada’s star-making machine is famously modest, and Lexa Doig captures that with a line that’s half-joke, half-indictment. The CBC isn’t just a broadcaster here; it’s a cultural checkpoint. Her wording - “not really considered” - points to an unwritten rule enforced less by formal gatekeepers than by a shared national reflex: legitimacy comes from being seen, at least once, in the country’s public mirror.

The intent is practical and wry. Doig is naming an industry reality that Canadian performers learn early: if you want to be recognized at home, you often need a CBC credit, even if your career is largely built elsewhere. That’s the subtext doing the heavy lifting. Canada exports talent efficiently, then struggles to “keep” it in the public imagination unless it’s routed back through a national institution. CBC becomes a kind of cultural passport stamp - proof you belong, proof you came back.

Context matters: for decades, Canadian actors have lived with the gravitational pull of the U.S. market, where budgets are bigger and fame is louder. The CBC, by contrast, functions as a domestic commons, the place where audiences can claim an actor as “ours” without competing against Hollywood’s volume. Doig’s line flatters the CBC’s centrality while also hinting at the insecurity underneath it: a nation still building consensus about what counts as Canadian success, and needing a familiar logo to certify it.