The best directors I've worked with, they all have the same thing in common. They're the first to say, 'I don't know.' If you ask them, 'How are we actually pulling off this movie?', they'll just shrug and go, 'I have absolutely no idea.' Ryan Reynolds More Quotes by Ryan Reynolds More Quotes From Ryan Reynolds I think some of the best movie stars in the world are guys who stay in their lane. You can lose an audience if you start saying, "Now I really want to do something that is just for me, but on a massive scale." That's a dangerous mix. Ryan Reynolds guy world thinking Hollywood is like a stock market - you're always up and down and all around. With age, you start to invest less in the outcome of that. Ryan Reynolds age Mostly birthmarks is what I learned about Sandra Bullock that I wasn't aware of. Ryan Reynolds birthmarks I'm like the queen of planning and scheduling and I'm trying very hard to stop it. Ryan Reynolds planning queens trying The fact that you're friends doesn't necessarily equate to great chemistry. Ryan Reynolds chemistry facts We learned early on that we had chemistry and I was so grateful for that. It's like one of the few magical things about film that still exists. Ryan Reynolds chemistry grateful film I think that people see that Sandra Bullock has an ability to laugh at herself and you just don't find that too often. Ryan Reynolds laughing people thinking We've all had that moment where the agent thought he hit hold. You hear it's like Hamburger Hill in the background. Ryan Reynolds hills agents hamburgers I'm not one to mythologize other actors too much, but obviously Sandy Bullock is a gorgeous woman. Ryan Reynolds gorgeous too-much actors That was my earliest maladaptive coping mechanism I forged when I was a kid. I found that my fists weren't going to do any significant protective work for me, so my mouth was it. Making my father laugh was a way to control him. Ryan Reynolds coping-mechanisms father kids But if you do, then it's a high class problem to have. And if you do, you're the architect of that problem. There's no one else to blame but yourself. You've kept doing the same kinds of movies and that's what they want to see. Ryan Reynolds blame want class I have daddy issues. So I keep tissues on me at all times. Ryan Reynolds tissues daddy issues I don't think you can help but personalize a role. You almost play to none of the preconceived notions of it. It's more or less a personal experience and journey. Ryan Reynolds journey play thinking If you have a dishonest moment, you're going to lose the audience. So I had to not only light myself in the scenes. Ryan Reynolds scene moments light I would sooner be prime minister of the moon than run another marathon. I've been really lucky. I didn't have any toenails fall off or anything disgusting like that. I still have all three nipples. Ryan Reynolds moon running fall I'm sure I have a lot to atone for, if there is a judgment day. It's gonna be a long list for me. It goes right up until I was about 18 and then I sort of straightened out. Ryan Reynolds judgment lists long I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now. Ryan Reynolds pandas work-out actors I'm going to admit when I'm clueless, and I'm going to ask people for help when I don't know the answer to something. Ryan Reynolds clueless answers people Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin. Ryan Reynolds tests running thinking There's nothing my brothers and I didn't put a hole in. We turned our home into a Wiffle house. Ryan Reynolds brother house home
