Ryan Reynolds Quotes

Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up.

It's just that... working on Green Lantern, I saw how difficult it is to make that concept palatable, and how confused it all can be when you don't really know exactly where you're going with it or you don't really know how to access that world properly - that world comic book fans have been accessing for decades and falling in love with.

I remember being upset because I was finally legal to drink in Canada, and I decided to throw that all away and move to America, where I had to wait another two years. I came here to do improv and to try to join the Groundlings.

I would sooner be prime minister of the moon than run another marathon. I've been really lucky. I didn't have any toenails fall off or anything disgusting like that. I still have all three nipples.

I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!

I'm not one to mythologize other actors too much, but obviously Sandy Bullock is a gorgeous woman.

I did as much as I could in Vancouver. You can only play so many ex-'Falcon Crest' sons in so many movies of the week before you burn out.

I don't think I'm prepared to give away my technique to Great Britain. Are you crazy? All I can say is there was a ninja and a fire truck involved, and a great deal of coersion.

A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft service.

Martin Campbell is a director who has that ability to marshal so many forces together and create a film.

I firmly believe that you can't manufacture chemistry with anyone, let alone a kid.

I'm just a huge fan of Joe Carnahan. He's such a charismatic individual and somebody that just applies every part of himself to the project he's in.

I'm like the queen of planning and scheduling and I'm trying very hard to stop it.

That was my earliest maladaptive coping mechanism I forged when I was a kid. I found that my fists weren't going to do any significant protective work for me, so my mouth was it. Making my father laugh was a way to control him.

I read the 'Deadpool' series back in the '90s. I'm not, like, a huge comic book reader, per say, though. I'll check out 'Archie' when I'm in the grocery line, but that's about it.

Well, I came down to LA initially to join The Groundlings, which is an improv comedy group. I didn't get in, of course, becaue I'm not a part of The Groundlings. I just assumed that I could walk in and take over. So they said: "Hit the road Jack." And I ended up getting an agent instead. They sent me out on a couple of leads and I ended up on a sitcom and Van Wilder thereafter and then pantsless with Sandra Bullock.

I always say that chemistry is something impossible to manufacture. It's either there or it isn't. The fact that you're friends doesn't necessarily equate to great chemistry.

It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.

This movie [ Buried] is strange, because it's such an extraordinary situation, both as a character and as an actor. Both of us are going through an extraordinary situation at the same time, and it was odd. It was weird not having a co-star to cut away to for the most part. It just forces you to never have a deficit in the performance.

I like doing the mainstream, right-down-the-pike broad comedies as much as I like doing the kind of unorthodox different stuff.

New Orleans is one of the most exciting, incredible communities in the world. There's such a rich culture and history, and there are innumerable things to do.

We learned early on that we had chemistry and I was so grateful for that. It's like one of the few magical things about film that still exists.

There are 7 billion people on the planet. Pretty much everyone is doing sex. It's not like you need to order the "baby-starter kit" on Amazon. Instincts will come to you at the weirdest places and times.

I'm terrified that I'm genetically predisposed to only having boys. That's frightening. By the time I was 10 years old, and I'm not exaggerating, I knew how to patch drywall.

I know there are actors we all want to beat up a little. I think it's important to do whatever it takes, and whatever it takes sometimes involves some physical or mental discipline. There's a lot at stake.

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.

I don't expect success. I prepare for it.

I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce.

For the most part Hollywood is a world of imagination.

Guys are lucky: We can wear a suit over and over, just with different shirts and ties.

Mathematically speaking, it seems impossible that there isn't life out our planet. If you flick on the news, it certainly seems like we have aliens among us.

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

I mean, Deadpool has a script, but it's a very complicated process to find the right filmmaker. We'll see.

I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world.

There's an old saying that you don't ever finish a movie, you abandon it, and I really believe that. I never walk away from a take and pat myself on the back.

Mostly birthmarks is what I learned about Sandra Bullock that I wasn't aware of.

The R.I.P.D. picture is like a graphic novel, I guess. I don't know if it's like a typical kind of comic book. But there is great source material for those kinds of films.

I think theres escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If its done right, you can craft an incredible film. There have been superhero films that I think are brilliant pieces of art.

People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too.

Making a mix CD - albeit slightly old school - is generally a pretty cool gift and something I like to receive, or giving someone a book that moved you. Writing an inscription inside makes it even better.

I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette.

Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game.

The fact that you're friends doesn't necessarily equate to great chemistry.

Every time I hangout with Sandra Bullock I think I want to be her. I want to be married to Jesse James.

There's nothing my brothers and I didn't put a hole in. We turned our home into a Wiffle house.

I have daddy issues. So I keep tissues on me at all times.

Too much intensity can be a bad thing.

I'm a bit of an M&M nut. I like the blue ones. I pick them out.