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" I did this scene in 'Lars and the Real Girl' where I was in a room full of old ladies who were knitting, and it was an all-day scene, so they showed me how. It was one of the most relaxing days of my life. "

Ryan Gosling

Life

Girl

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" It's weird to have no control over something that you're involved in. "

" I've been doing this since I was 12... I don't want to act much longer; I can't do one thing my whole life. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I loved growing up in Canada. It's a great place to grow up because - well, at least where I grew up - it's very multicultural. There's also good health care and a good education system. "

" Most movies, you have to try and forget you're making a movie, because there are trailers and booms and lights and marks, and it's everywhere. "

" 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. "

" I think that you can sort of have your own personal journey and you know, you can just kind of apply that to whatever characters you're playing. "

" I try not to discriminate against genres. "

" I don't believe in ghosts. "

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" The theme for me is love and the lack of it. We all want that and we don't know how to get it, and everything we do is some kind of attempt to capture it for ourselves. "

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" I really feel like if they'd have let me just pace in the back of the classroom while the teacher was talking, I'd have done much better. I have to move. But you know, that's disruptive for the class, and as a result, there was a ripple effect of having to sit still that found its way into every aspect of my life. "

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My Life

" I've been thinking about a bank robbery my whole life. "

" I'm not very good at knowing what people want. I don't have that talent. The best I can do is make films that resonate with me and see what happens. "

" I did what I had to do to get where I wanted to go. I had unearned confidence. "

" A car is only trouble at a certain point. "

" I don't know enough about manliness to define it. "

" Show me a man who wouldn't give it all up for Emma Stone, and I'll show you a liar. "

" That's the power of film. If it's good, it can somehow make you feel connected to even the farthest thing from your own experience. "

" I grew up in a town called Cornwall, Ontario, which is about an hour outside of Montreal. "

" Watching myself. Watching the people around me. There was some part of me that was there as a kid and growing up and living my life, but there was also some part of me that was watching it all happen from the nosebleeds. "

" You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide. "

" If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope. "

" I don't like the process of meeting someone and you make a film and that's it. You think you're just getting started, and then it's over. "

" You know us crazy kids. We'll do anything crazy to our hair. "