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" The Internet is just an abstract place. Sure, I've become part of that in some way, but it's hard for me to wrap my head around a lot of it. I prefer just to kind of stay out of it. "

Ryan Gosling

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Place

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Better

Now

" When I made 'The Notebook,' the director, Nick Cassavetes, who is John's son, used to show me his father's movies. "

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Director

Movies

" You learn from all directors, all these guys. "

" 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. "

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" This is going to sound ridiculous, but I remember watching 'Boyz n the Hood,' and there is a scene where Cuba Gooding, Jr. gets pressed against a car by a police officer, and he starts crying because it's so humiliating. I remember thinking in that moment that I could totally identify with him, and I'm a little white kid from Canada. "

" Do you remember when Fabio got hit in the face with a pigeon on the roller coaster, and it broke his nose? Sometimes I feel like I'm the pigeon, and the Internet is Fabio's face. Actually, I don't know if I'm the pigeon, or I'm Fabio's face. Depends on the day, I guess. "

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" I don't believe my house was haunted. I think I had an overactive imagination, and I was so convinced that those around me became convinced, too. "

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Imagination

Believe

" I try not to discriminate against genres. "

" 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. "

Ryan Gosling

Teacher

My Life

" I felt like I was going crazy as a kid. I wanted to be man, get a job. "

Ryan Gosling

Man

Job

" 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. "