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" I sometimes forget to have breakfast in the morning, but when I actually buy a box of cereal, I will probably eat it not only for breakfast but also as a snack later on. "

Ryan Gosling

Breakfast

Forget

Morning

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" 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 left Canada to come to Hollywood to make movies. "

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My mother had to tailor what I watched. "

" My uncle was an Elvis impersonator - his name was Perry, and he went by 'Elvis Perry' - and my work as a wedding singer landed me a spot in his act. "

Ryan Gosling

Work

Wedding

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

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

" 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 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

Gangster

Loved

" I think we just knew that we had a movie when Rachel walked in the room. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Muscles. We're talking about muscles? They're like pets, basically, and they're not worth it. They're just not worth it. You have to feed them all the time and take care of them, and if you don't, they just go away. They run away. "

" I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor. "

" I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy. "

" 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. "

" I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that that there's so much about what they bring to the scene that keeps it so interesting. Their instincts are so different, and they never explain them to you. "

" 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. "

" I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life. That's my own reality, so it's a doorway into a world for me. "

" Freedom is such a gift. "

Ryan Gosling

Freedom

Gift

" I turned 30, and everyone told me I would feel different, and I didn't. "

" I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is. "

" They say never meet your heroes. But the addendum to that is 'unless they're Harrison Ford.' "

" What's nice with comedy is that you know it's working if it's funny. "

" Actors become very professional and proficient about watching out for each other's light and not stepping on each other's lines. "

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

" I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to. "