Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor, musician, and producer. He began his career as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Cluband went on to appear in other family entertainment programs including Are You Afraid of the Dark?and Goosebumps. He starred in the television series Breaker Highas Sean Hanlon and Young Herculesas the title role. His first starring role was as a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer, and he then built a reputation for starring in independent...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 November 1980
CityLondon, Canada
CountryCanada
A lot of love stories, when they come to the end, they end. We kind of pick up the storyline, and I figure that's what makes it interesting.
I wanted to play a character that had clarity and knew what they wanted; I felt the distilled difference between myself and the character.
I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is.
I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy.
Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want.
I'm waiting to get old - I think old guys with tattoos look good.
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.
In some way, the relationship between a director and an actor is personal.
I’ve been lucky, so lucky, working with [...] Rachel (McAdams) on The Notebook. A big draw for me, when I do a film, is who am I going to be opposite, because there’s only so much I can do on my own.
I like all kinds of movies, I love movies; and I always wanted to try and make one.
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.
To watch a master work at anything is a privilege.