Quotes from Ryan Gosling

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 don't know if I'm the pigeon, or I'm Fabio's face. Depends on the day, I guess.

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.

I had a lot of romanticised ideas of what Detroit was like, but I didn't get there until I was 30, and it was very different than I had imagined it.

I was very impressed by Walt Disney and the idea that you could have a dream and you could realize it to the point where people could walk around within it... It still resonates with me. I wanted to be somebody who believed in their ideas that much.

I read a lot of script. In my opinion, most of them aren't good or aren't about people.

I'm glad I have an outlet. I don't think I would put my aggression elsewhere, but working on the projects I have worked on, you tend to benefit personally from trying to wrap your head around the way other people look at the world.

I like all kinds of movies, I love movies; and I always wanted to try and make one.

I grew up on Shane Black movies, and I grew up on Joel Silver movies.

My first exposure to what Hollywood was like, behind the scenes, was when Joel Silver started screaming at Roger Rabbit at the beginning of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.'

It's not like I set out to be 'the indie guy.'

I was highly influenced by violence.

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.

Most movies, you have to try and forget you're making a movie, because there are trailers and booms and lights and marks, and it's everywhere.

Maybe in my life I sort of put myself in situations that were chaotic, outside of my life.

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.

You know us crazy kids. We'll do anything crazy to our hair.

Cars can have a hypnotic effect. You can get in a car and get out and not really remember the trip.

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.

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.

I make a mean tuna fish sandwich.

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.

My home life now is mostly women. They are better than us. They make me better.

Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I want.

I don't know specifically what scenes I'd like to see violence in - I crave violence when I'm watching a John Hughes movie.