Quotes from Ryan Reynolds

There are so few surprises left in life. We've gotten so addicted to knowing. It's the Google generation. We want the answer to everything right now!

Making a mix CD - albeit slightly old school - is generally a pretty cool gift and something I like to receive, or giving someone a book that moved you. Writing an inscription inside makes it even better.

I love Canada. It makes a nice hat for America. When America runs out of water, it's the first place I'll go.

I firmly believe that you can't manufacture chemistry with anyone, let alone a kid.

A well-tailored suit is important - and I don't like wearing belts with mine - it should be tailored to your body.

When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.

It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint.

It's tough. It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint.

Every time I hangout with Sandra Bullock I think I want to be her. I want to be married to Jesse James.

If you're going to commit to that, you're going to have to find some way to make it bearable and enjoyable.

As a kid, I think I wanted to be the on-set dresser for 'Charlie's Angels'. My goals weren't lofty. No. I just wanted to someday quit my paper round and that was about it.

When I exhale, I just turn right into Louie Anderson.

There's nothing my brothers and I didn't put a hole in. We turned our home into a Wiffle house.

'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it.

Anyone who gets divorced goes through a lot of pain ... I don't think I want to get married again.

I just like to look beautiful sometimes.

I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line.

My family is as far from a stage family as you could ever possibly find.

You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it.

It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.

I like doing the mainstream, right-down-the-pike broad comedies as much as I like doing the kind of unorthodox different stuff.

I'm sure I have a lot to atone for, if there is a judgment day. It's gonna be a long list for me. It goes right up until I was about 18, and then I sort of straightened out.

If you ask me to describe my relationship, I mean - words are too clumsy to accurately describe how I feel in that regard, particularly in an interview. It's a strange thing.

Hollywood is like a stock market - you're always up and down and all around. With age, you start to invest less in the outcome of that.