I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy.
Ryan GoslingIf you're making a movie about the effects of time, you kind of have to engage time as the main character.
Ryan GoslingI tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this.
Ryan GoslingIt was more important to me to understand what its like to be this Jewish kid who felt he was so different at such a young age. I feel the story is about a kid who came to hate through love, so I felt I had to learn why he loved this thing so much that he also apparently hated it.
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 Gosling