"Somebody asked last night 'Boy, you must have been breaking up a lot while you were shooting.' And it's true – because you don't know what's going to come out of somebody's mouth, you appreciate a funny line when you hear it. But the problem is, you don't want to ruin a completely spontaneous great take by laughing through it."

Twenty-five years ago, Christopher Guest's (A Mighty Wind, Waiting for Guffman, For Your Consideration) Best in Show premiered at TIFF ‘00.

At the movie’s sold-out press conference, actors including John Michael Higgins, plus Guest himself, answered some very early-millenium questions about topics including dog breed snobbery, improv, and — somehow? — reincarnation.

Find other Festival press conferences on the TIFF Originals YouTube channel as part of our TIFF Rewind series in celebration of TIFF's 50th edition.