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" 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. "

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Ryan Gosling

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

" I always wanted to entertain. When I was six, a scrawny, scrawny kid, I'd get in my red speedo and do muscle moves. I actually thought I was muscular. I didn't know everyone was laughing at me. "

" I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way. "

" When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have to try and become the person that they deserve. "

" I was very impressed by Walt Disney and the idea that you could have a dream and you could realize it to the point where people could walk around within it... It still resonates with me. I wanted to be somebody who believed in their ideas that much. "

" There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film. I have done it. It's not my favorite way to work. "

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

" I didn't want to make a literal film about Detroit, because it felt like what they were experiencing was more universal than that. "

" I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think 'Believer' and 'Leland' were such great things to have been a part of, and I learned a lot. "

" I'm Canadian, and so American politics aren't really in my wheelhouse. "

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

" 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. "

" I know there are only so many characters I'll be able to play. "

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

" Any time you stick your neck out in high school, there's someone right there to chop your head off. "

" 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. "

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

" The people of Disney are so incredibly amazing; they are so nice. "

" I'm going to make a movie about 'Hey Girl.' "

" 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

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Older

" 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. "

" It's not easy to leave your hometown and your family and your support system and come out to Los Angeles to - to pursue a dream where the odds are not in your favor. "

" As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can't shake, so it's not phony anymore. "

Ryan Gosling

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