Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor, musician, and producer. He began his career as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Cluband went on to appear in other family entertainment programs including Are You Afraid of the Dark?and Goosebumps. He starred in the television series Breaker Highas Sean Hanlon and Young Herculesas the title role. His first starring role was as a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer, and he then built a reputation for starring in independent...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 November 1980
CityLondon, Canada
CountryCanada
I've got some pretty big shoes to fill. But Martin called when he heard and offered any help he could give when it came to 'capturing' him. I'll be working on the inflections--which are more Aaron than Martin--but to have his blessing at this early stage is wonderful.
I wanted to play a character that had clarity and knew what they wanted; I felt the distilled difference between myself and the character.
I did this scene in 'Lars and the Real Girl' where I was in a room full of old ladies who were knitting, and it was an all-day scene, so they showed me how. It was one of the most relaxing days of my life.
I don't like the process of meeting someone and you make a film and that's it. You think you're just getting started, and then it's over.
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.
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.
I always wanted to entertain. When I was six, a scrawny, scrawny kid, I'd get in my red speedo and do muscle moves. I actually thought I was muscular. I didn't know everyone was laughing at me.
If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.
Oh don't tell me I suck because I will quit.
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.
I'm Canadian. I think that's it. When you're a Canadian, you're always watching America from the outside, from afar.
In some way, the relationship between a director and an actor is personal.
Women are mad at me. A girl came up to me on the street and she almost smacked me. Like, ‘How could you? How could you let a girl like that go?’ I feel like I want to give people hugs, they seem so sad. Rachel and I should be the ones getting hugs! Instead, we’re consoling everybody else.
I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.