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" You can tell so much about somebody by the films they make, and it's only while I approach this do I now realize how much of the filmmaker you can see in their films. "

Ryan Gosling

Now

Realize

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Life

Girl

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

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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Sound

Now

" It's interesting the kind of freedom the musical form gives you. The rules are out the window. You can get impressionistic without seeming pretentious. Because it's perceived as an inherently accessible form, it gives filmmakers some leeway. "

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" For me, I sort of felt like it was kind of a fairytale... but an interesting one. I don't know of anybody who has had a romance quite like this, but I certainly know people who have stuck it out. "

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Kind

Know

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" Now that I'm an actor and I have movies, press, I have more occasions to wear suits. I like wearing suits. "

Ryan Gosling

Now

Movies

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

" 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. "

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" The '70s just seemed dirty, honestly, and not in an interesting way. It's not the '80s. In fact, it's 10 less. I grew up in the '80s, so that's more of an interesting time to me. "

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Time

Way

" 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

" Falling in love is a narcissistic endeavor. You play the role of lover, and you find someone to act it out on. "

" I'm waiting to get old - I think old guys with tattoos look good. "