Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" When I was a kid, I was kind of obsessed with that movie 'Dick Tracy.' Burger King had all this 'Dick Tracy' stuff, and I collected all of it, and I had the posters, and I watched it on a loop. "

Ryan Gosling

Stuff

Burger

King

Related Quotes:

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

" I grew up on Mel Brooks films. That was film to me until I got a little bit older and realised there were other kinds of movies. "

Ryan Gosling

Got

Older

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Ryan Gosling

Imagination

Believe

" I still go to Disneyland as much as I can. The Haunted Mansion is my favorite ride. "

Ryan Gosling

Disneyland

Ride

" For now, I'm just going to keep doing the work and hope I don't get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it. "

" 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 think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it. "

" 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. "

" If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it. "

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

" In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis. "

" Some of the styles of dance in 'La La Land' I wish I had spent time on when I was a kid. "

" 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 had to keep reminding myself in 'Blue Valentine' that I was actually making a film. "

" 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'm just sort of making it up as I go along. "

" 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. "

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

" Freedom is such a gift. "

Ryan Gosling

Freedom

Gift

" I know that I'm with the person I'm supposed to be with. "

" When my mother and I walked to the grocery store, men would circle the block in cars. It was very, very scary, especially as a young boy. Very predatory - a hunt. "

" 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. "

" 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

" I feel like one of the things that I watched that I felt was really helpful in some way but, more than anything, is worth mentioning was this film 'Boogie Man.' It's a documentary about Lee Atwater. "

Ryan Gosling

Way

Man

" It's not like I set out to be 'the indie guy.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wish I could be Peter Falk. "