I don't know enough about manliness to define it. Ryan Gosling More Quotes by Ryan Gosling More Quotes From Ryan Gosling Im glad I have an outlet. I dont think I would put my aggression elsewhere, but working on the projects I have worked on, you tend to benefit personally from trying to wrap your head around the way other people look at the world. Ryan Gosling tryingpeoplethinking All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me. Ryan Gosling actorscharacterthinking I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that. Ryan Gosling kindcomplicatedthinking If I eat a huge meal and I can get the girl to rub my belly, I think that's about as romantic as I can think of. Ryan Gosling funny-lovegirlromantic It's sad, because he just doesn't have any ambition outside of loving his wife and his daughter — which should be enough but doesn't seem to be enough in this case. Ryan Gosling valentinedaughtermother I dont feel like I would be a good mentor. I dont know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons. Ryan Gosling mentorgood-manselfish The problem with Hollywood is that nobody works. They have meals. They go to Pilates. But it's not enough. So they do drugs. If everybody had a pile of rocks in their backyard and spent every day moving them from one side of the yard to the other, it would be a much happier place. Ryan Gosling rocksdrugmoving I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith. Ryan Gosling spiritualcharacterthinking I started reading all these men's magazines, trying to follow all the tips: what you're supposed to wear, what you're supposed to have, things you're supposed to say, and all the exercises you're supposed to do. Ryan Gosling readingexerciselife For me, I sort of felt like it was kind of a fairytale... but an interesting one. I don't know of anybody who has had a romance quite like this, but I certainly know people who have stuck it out. Ryan Gosling romancepeopleinteresting Hollywood usually doesn't have strong woman in films like that, and it's stupid, so for the most part they're usually being directed and written by men. Ryan Gosling strong-womenhollywoodstupid Women aren't interested in being sexy any more and men are. All the guys have objectified themselves and sexualised themselves into being just matinee idols. Ryan Gosling sexyidolsmen In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis. Ryan Gosling basesdealsnew-york I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more. Ryan Gosling playcharacterthinking I don't know what art is exactly, but I'm pretty sure it's not something you get paid to do. For myself this is a job. I think it's easier to get better at it if you don't lose your identity in it. You do whatever you can to try to understand the character. Because they're paying you feel like you should be doing something. Ryan Gosling jobscharacterart It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years. Ryan Gosling realplayyears You can't make a movie for everybody. You can't go into it trying to alienate people, but you have to assume that you're going to. Ryan Gosling assumingtryingpeople I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor. Ryan Gosling typicalmenthinking I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor. Ryan Gosling growing-upboyskids For now, I'm just going to keep doing the work and hope I don't get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it. Ryan Gosling wallwantpeople
