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In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis. (Ryan Gosling)
I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it. View quote
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You know us crazy kids. We'll do anything crazy to our hair. View quote
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A lot of love stories, when they come to the end, they end. We kind of pick up the storyline, and I figure that's what makes it interesting. View quote
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I wanted to play a character that had clarity and knew what they wanted I felt the distilled difference between myself and the character. View quote
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I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that that there's so much about what they bring to the scene that keeps it so interesting. Their instincts are so different, and they never explain them to you. View quote
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I don't feel like I would be a good mentor. I don't know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons. View quote
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If you do one good thing, that doesn't define you either. Being around the kids in the juvenile center, they were engaging, they made us laugh but they were there for doing something terrible. View quote
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I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor. (Ryan Gosling)
I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that. View quote
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I think that you can sort of have your own personal journey and you know, you can just kind of apply that to whatever characters you're playing. View quote
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I turned 30, and everyone told me I would feel different, and I didn't. View quote
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I felt like I was going crazy as a kid. I wanted to be man, get a job. View quote
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I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way. View quote
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I have a friend that is a WWII buff, and we sat and talked a lot about stuff like the war and the reasons behind it, and you now it's all in the uniform. Once you're in it, it usually does all the work for you. View quote
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I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor. View quote
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I'm Canadian, and so American politics aren't really in my wheelhouse. View quote
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It's not good just to have life experience of film-making and that's all. It's hard to play a real person when you've been in jets and town cars for three years. View quote
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I've been doing this since I was 12... I don't want to act much longer; I can't do one thing my whole life. (Ryan Gosling)
Working with someone is the best way to get to know someone, especially if it's a creative endeavor. View quote
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I feel there is something nice about not talking. Like you can say more by actually saying less. View quote
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I don't think anyone can teach you how to be a man but a woman. You only learn by learning what they need. View quote
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All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me. View quote
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