I tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this.
Ryan GoslingI don't know what art is exactly, but I'm pretty sure it's not something you get paid to do. For myself this is a job. I think it's easier to get better at it if you don't lose your identity in it. You do whatever you can to try to understand the character. Because they're paying you feel like you should be doing something.
Ryan GoslingThere is this idea in Hollywood, and I've seen it work for people, where the unspoken rule is 'Do two for them and one for yourself.' And that's kind of considered a fact. I've never really found that to be true for me. I've gotten more opportunities out of working on things I believed in than I ever did on things that weren't special to me.
Ryan GoslingI'm Canadian. I think that's it. When you're a Canadian, you're always watching America from the outside, from afar.
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