Ryan Gosling Quotes

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Ryan Gosling

Profession : Actor

Birth : November 12, 1980

My sister and I used to sing at weddings. We would sing 'When a Man Loves a Woman' to the bride. We'd do it right before the garter ceremony.

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If I'm still acting at 46, I'll be surprised.

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I love 'An American in Paris.' That's the one for me. Some of the visual ideas in that film are just haunting and very free.

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It's interesting the kind of freedom the musical form gives you. The rules are out the window. You can get impressionistic without seeming pretentious. Because it's perceived as an inherently accessible form, it gives filmmakers some leeway.

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I grew up on Shane Black movies, and I grew up on Joel Silver movies.

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My first exposure to what Hollywood was like, behind the scenes, was when Joel Silver started screaming at Roger Rabbit at the beginning of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.'

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The '70s just seemed dirty, honestly, and not in an interesting way. It's not the '80s. In fact, it's 10 less. I grew up in the '80s, so that's more of an interesting time to me.

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If Russell Crowe says that he's Noah, he's Noah. You never doubt it. If he says that he's the Gladiator, he's the Gladiator. He's every character that he says he is. I've never doubted anything that he's done.

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I grew up on Mel Brooks films. That was film to me until I got a little bit older and realised there were other kinds of movies.

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'The Nice Guys' fulfilled my 1970s fantasy.

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This is going to sound ridiculous, but I remember watching 'Boyz n the Hood,' and there is a scene where Cuba Gooding, Jr. gets pressed against a car by a police officer, and he starts crying because it's so humiliating. I remember thinking in that moment that I could totally identify with him, and I'm a little white kid from Canada.

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You learn from all directors, all these guys.

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You can tell so much about somebody by the films they make, and it's only while I approach this do I now realize how much of the filmmaker you can see in their films.

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Any time you stick your neck out in high school, there's someone right there to chop your head off.

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I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people.

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You can't geek out with a lot of people about Linda Manz.

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Anybody could write a bad script, and I'm one of them, you know?

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It's not like I set out to be 'the indie guy.'

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I really believe my films are going to be successful, that I'm making 'The Blair Witch Project' - something that will transcend expectations and resonate with people.

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When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.

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