I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that.
Ryan GoslingI try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me.
Ryan GoslingWomen are mad at me. A girl came up to me on the street and she almost smacked me. Like, โHow could you? How could you let a girl like that go?โ I feel like I want to give people hugs, they seem so sad. Rachel and I should be the ones getting hugs! Instead, weโre consoling everybody else.
Ryan GoslingAs 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 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.
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