Ryan Gosling

Gosling in 2023

Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. His work includes both independent films and major studio features, and his accolades include a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two British Academy Film Awards.

Quotes

• Being Canadian gives you a little bit of an outsider's perspective. Canada's a really beautiful country and it was nice to grow up in such a multicultural place where racial differences never really entered my mind.
  • Hiscock, John (August 25, 2006). "From Mouse to Big Cheese". Toronto Star.

• I feel like I think like a woman, because I grew up with my mother and my sister so I've just been programmed to think like a girl. I'm attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life. That's my own reality so it's a doorway into a world for me.
  • Shone, Tom (September 11, 2011). "In the Driving Seat: Interview with Ryan Gosling". The Daily Telegraph.

• 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.
  • Jones, Emma (January 11, 2013). "Ryan Gosling tells all about the love of his life (his dog, George)". The Independent.

• I had my hustle. It was whatever I could do to not end up working in a factory. If I had to shake it like a showgirl, I was going to do it.
  • "Ryan Gosling: 'If I had to shake it like a showgirl, I was going to do it'". The Guardian. April 9, 2015.
  • On joining the Mickey Mouse Club as a child in Cornwall, Ontario.