Ryan Gosling

“I grew up in a town called Cornwall, Ontario, which is about an hour outside of Montreal.”

“I don't really have that much angst to get rid of.”

“I've been thinking about a bank robbery my whole life.”

“I really believe my films are going to be successful, that I'm making 'The Blair Witch Project' - something that will transcend expectations and resonate with people.”

“I feel like one of the things that I watched that I felt was really helpful in some way but, more than anything, is worth mentioning was this film 'Boogie Man.' It's a documentary about Lee...”

“As 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.”

“My sister and I used to sing at weddings. We would sing 'When a Man Loves a Woman' to the bride. We'd do it right before the garter ceremony.”

“I'd like to see some Broadway shows at some point in time.”

“I grew up on Mel Brooks films. That was film to me until I got a little bit older and realised there were other kinds of movies.”

“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 th...”

“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 a...”

“When I was a kid, I was kind of obsessed with that movie 'Dick Tracy.' Burger King had all this 'Dick Tracy' stuff, and I collected all of it, and I had the posters, and I watched it on a lo...”

“I sometimes forget to have breakfast in the morning, but when I actually buy a box of cereal, I will probably eat it not only for breakfast but also as a snack later on.”

“You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.”

“Any time you stick your neck out in high school, there's someone right there to chop your head off.”

“Do you remember when Fabio got hit in the face with a pigeon on the roller coaster, and it broke his nose? Sometimes I feel like I'm the pigeon, and the Internet is Fabio's face. Actually, I...”

“I danced a little as a kid here in Canada: in Ottawa at the Elite Dance Studio and at the Top Hat Dance School in Cornwall where I grew up. So I had some experience of having to learn routin...”

“In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis.”

“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....”

“When my films don't do well, I'm hurt and surprised. It's discouraging.”