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" I understand the climate we live in and why people are curious. But it's just tough and almost emotionally violent - for anyone, I think - to see your personal life summarized in a sentence. "

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Ryan Reynolds

Much

Kind

" I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce. "

" It's just that... working on 'Green Lantern,' I saw how difficult it is to make that concept palatable, and how confused it all can be when you don't really know exactly where you're going with it or you don't really know how to access that world properly - that world comic book fans have been accessing for decades and falling in love with. "

" I love doing six versions of any joke, so if they'll give me six takes, I'd love to do it. "

Ryan Reynolds

Give Me

Give

" My very worst day on 'Green Lantern' was nowhere near as difficult as my finest day on 'Buried.' "

" There's an old saying that you don't ever finish a movie, you abandon it, and I really believe that. I never walk away from a take and pat myself on the back. "

" Guys are lucky: We can wear a suit over and over, just with different shirts and ties. "

" If you're going to commit to that, you're going to have to find some way to make it bearable and enjoyable. "

" I just like to look beautiful sometimes. "

Ryan Reynolds

Look

Sometimes

" Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky. "

Ryan Reynolds

Creative

Insecurity

" 'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it. "

" We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges. "

" I think everybody involved in a movie thinks about the box office. It's the 'biz' part of showbiz. "

" I think there's escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If it's done right, you can craft an incredible film. There have been superhero films that I think are brilliant pieces of art. "

" My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something. "

" I think every relationship is going to go through a few rough patches. Those are what make it stronger, I think. "

Ryan Reynolds

Think

Going

" I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life... and that's gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I've always felt if I don't just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to - work harder than anybody else. "

Ryan Reynolds

Life

Discipline

" I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line. "

" I've always just liked working. I like being a working actor. "

Ryan Reynolds

Always

Working

" My career has been an inch at a time. "

" It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns. "

" People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too. "

" Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin. "

Ryan Reynolds

You

Think

" I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. "

Ryan Reynolds

Vancouver

British

" He has such a clear vision of exactly what he wanted out of each character, out of each set, out of each wardrobe change, out of each emotional beat, and action. "

" I'm a bit of an M&M nut. I like the blue ones. I pick them out. "

Ryan Reynolds

Out

Them

" Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.' "

" Fragrance is a very personal gift, and I think that's why it makes a great Christmas gift. There's a very distinct signature to it, so if you give it as a gift, I like to think that it's from a person that thinks very highly of you. "

" When I meet thousands of fans of the comic - when I realize every one of them can recite the Lantern Corps oath ('In Brightest Day, in blackest night...') - I know how important this is to people. "

" Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them. "