Gosling Quotes & Sayings

I try to play characters who are different from myself, so I feel like this character is someone who is really different. I actually think that if I did what he did in this movie, I would get a restraining order put against me. — Ryan Gosling

I think it's more interesting to see people who don't feel appropriately. I relate to that, because sometimes I don't feel anything at all for things I'm supposed to, and other times I feel too much. It's not always like it is in the movies. — Ryan Gosling

There are two kinds of books in this world. One improves the mind, the other the bank balance. Sometimes they're the same
but not often. Most publishers find combining the two is the only way to stay afloat. — Paula Gosling

All of us who attended the meeting - including Microsoft - unanimously agreed that unilaterally extending the Java programming language would hurt compatibility among Java tools and programs, would injure other tools vendors and would damage customers' ability to run a Java-based software product on whatever platform they wished. — James Gosling

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. — Ryan Gosling

I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it. — Ryan Gosling

There was one film that I really wanted. This was a long time ago; it was a film called 'Fracture.' Ryan Gosling ended up doing it with Anthony Hopkins. It wasn't a giant box-office success, but I really enjoyed the script, and I enjoyed the character. I got pretty close and was kind of disappointed it didn't go my way. — Chris Evans

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. — Ryan Gosling

I met a girl, and she is a gamechanger — Ryan Gosling

I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling. — Zach Galifianakis

You can't make a movie for everybody. You can't go into it trying to alienate people, but you have to assume that you're going to. — Ryan Gosling

I like Ryan Gosling as an actor. I watch all of his movies, and he's Canadian and I just like his swag. I read his interviews and I'm a big fan of his. — Drake

I have always loved Ed Norton and Ryan Gosling. Also Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett. — Taylor Dane

Failure is no shame - but not making the attempt is despicable. — Paula Gosling

They shared the chores of living as some couples do-she did most of the work and he appreciated it. — Paula Gosling

Parents' tolerance of violence is so different to their tolerance of sexuality. If violence is involved in the sexuality it's somehow perceived as entertainment, but if love is involved with sexuality it's seen as pornographic and is not acceptable. — Ryan Gosling

Oh yeah, I'm the president of the lucky club. There are so many talented people who don't work. And the crop of young actors I'm surrounded by is incredible. When you have people like that around you it amps you up a little bit. Also, Emile Hirsch and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or guys like Ryan Gosling. It's a really good crowd and I feel I'm coming up at a good time. But equally, there's a lot of good young actors who don't get to work who are more talented than I. I'm just lucky. — Shia Labeouf

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. — Ryan Gosling

There's good things about going to church. — Ryan Gosling

I don't know what art is exactly, but I'm pretty sure it's not something you get paid to do. For myself acting is a job. I think it's easier to get better at it if you don't lose your identity in it. You do whatever you can to try to understand the character. Because they're paying you feel like you should be doing something. — Ryan Gosling

Just because something makes sense after the fact doesn't mean it was obvious all along. — Sam Gosling

If I were to pick a language to use today other than Java, it would be Scala — James Gosling

In the Java world, security is not viewed as an add-on a feature. It is a pervasive way of thinking. Those who forget to think in a secure mindset end up in trouble. But just because the facilities are there doesn't mean that security is assured automatically. A set of standard practices has evolved over the years. The Secure Coding Standard for Java is a compendium of these practices. These are not theoretical research papers or product marketing blurbs. This is all serious, mission-critical, battle-tested, enterprise-scale stuff. — James Gosling

The problem with Hollywood is that nobody works. They have meals. They go to Pilates. But it's not enough. So they do drugs. If everybody had a pile of rocks in their backyard and spent every day moving them from one side of the yard to the other, it would be a much happier place. — Ryan Gosling

I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is. — Ryan Gosling

I try not to discriminate against genres. — Ryan Gosling

An API that isn't comprehensible isn't usable. — James Gosling

Lars is played by Ryan Gosling, the Prince of Tics, whose idea of acting is to wait a few beats before reacting to other people's remarks, as if acting were merely a matter of adhering to the seven-second delay rule. Jack Nicholson has made a career out of doing this sort of thing, as did Paul Newman, as did Marlon Brando (who the other two learned it from), but they didn't do it all the time and they were more fun to look at ... Lars And The Real Girl joins a number of other recent films in the category of motion pictures where the director doesn't know that his protagonist is unsympathetic. — Joe Queenan

I've surprised myself and made another career change. I had a great time at Google, met lots of interesting people, but I met some folks outside doing something completely outrageous, and after much anguish decided to leave Google. — James Gosling

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

If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope. — Ryan Gosling

The movie that makes me cry is Anchorman. I have the biggest
crush on Will Ferrel I love him in every film he does. I mean, Ryan Gosling could be my child. I'm not going to have a crush on a child.
Will Ferrell is a man. — Meryl Streep

There are so many young talented actors today whose work I respect and admire - Ryan Gosling is probably primary among them. I take inspiration from so many amazing actors. — Daniel Sunjata

I grew up Mormon. I wasn't really Mormon, my parents were. — Ryan Gosling

I think it would be a tragic statement of the universe if Java was the last language that swept through. — James Gosling

I am pretty sick with myself! It seemed a pretty good idea at the time. Around the time I turned 30, I started to feel very creative, more creative than I had been before which is good and I like that. — Ryan Gosling

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. — Ryan Gosling

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. — Ryan Gosling

There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film. I have done it. It's not my favorite way to work. — Ryan Gosling

As much as we stereotype the women, we do it with the guys. The guys are all good looking, not too many ugly superheroes. They've all got their hair gelled back. They have got perfect pecs on them. They have no hair on their chest. I mean, they are Ryan Gosling on steroids. Right? They are all beautiful. So we actually stereotype and do it to both sexes. We just happen to show a little more skin when we get to the ladies. — Todd McFarlane

I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that that there's so much about what they bring to the scene that keeps it so interesting. Their instincts are so different, and they never explain them to you. — Ryan Gosling

I feel there is something nice about not talking. Like you can say more by actually saying less. — Ryan Gosling

When I was young, I wanted to be the face of a makeup campaign or a hair campaign, so that's something that I've always dreamed of that hopefully comes along. And then obviously starring with Ryan Gosling in a movie wouldn't be so bad, either. — Emeraude Toubia

I like Ryan Gosling from the inside. I think he's a beautiful person, and then if you didn't have anything, I'd still be his friend. — Ashton Moio

I've been doing this since I was 12 ... I don't want to act much longer; I can't do one thing my whole life. — Ryan Gosling

I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy. — Ryan Gosling

I think everybody should act! I would encourage everybody to do one thing, join a theater class or something. It's so good to take a character that you think is wildly different from who you are, and to try to relate to that person and become that person is very helpful. It's hard to articulate what you learn, but you can feel the effect of these characters that you play and take with you. — Ryan Gosling

I don't know, I just got a feeling about her. You know when a song comes on and you just gotta dance? — Ryan Gosling

Working with someone is the best way to get to know someone, especially if it's a creative endeavor. — Ryan Gosling

I'll never be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand as if a man were author to himself and knew no other kin. — William Shakespeare

Maybe I'd like to be a little more than friends with Ryan Gosling, but I'd just like to hang out occasionally. — Bonnie McKee

The thing that's so exciting when you're making a film is that it can be anything and there are no limitations on it. — Ryan Gosling

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. — Ryan Gosling

Even when I did Ryan Gosling's movie (Lost River), we had a very '80s kind of vibe and I would say for two or three months after that, I was dressing in a very sort of '80s way. — Christina Hendricks

Talking about muscles. They're like pets basically. They're not worth it. You have to feed them all the time and take care of them, and if you don't, they just go away. They run away. — Ryan Gosling

I think we need a little more rallying around the dumpee. If you were a woman and I'd told you that the third guy in eighteen months had broken up with me, right now we'd be drinking lemon drop martinis and giving each other female empowerment pep talks about how we don't need a man in our lives to feel complete. And then we'd watch The Notebook and drool over Ryan Gosling."
"Sorry, babe. But when they handed out best friends you drew the straw with a penis attached. That means no Ryan Gosling. — Julie James

There's this Ryan Gosling quote that I steal all the time - I watched an interview with him in Cannes - and he said picking roles is like listening to songs on the radio: There can be a lot of really great songs in a row, but then one comes on that just makes you want to dance. — Emma Stone

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

It makes it easier, if you can't do an American accent. I don't know. It's different. I played a character in Never Let Me Go where the script for my character was very sparse, and I enjoyed it. With Never Let Me Go, I had a whole book written from my character's point of view, so I always knew where I was. But, with Ryan [Gosling], it was just easy. He's such a brilliant actor and he is so prepared. He doesn't have to warm himself up to be in a scene. He's just in it. It draws you in, in a way. — Carey Mulligan

[mannerism is when] you think you have all these great ideas, and none of them are good at the end of the day. But while you are pursuing those other things subconsciously happen. — Ryan Gosling

For me, I sort of felt like it was kind of a fairytale ... but an interesting one. I don't know of anybody who has had a romance quite like this, but I certainly know people who have stuck it out. — Ryan Gosling

I've lost perspective on what I'm doing. I think it's good for me to take a break and reassess why I'm doing it and how I'm doing it. And I think this is probably a good way to learn about that. I need a break from myself as much as I imagine the audience does. — Ryan Gosling

A lot of people when they make movies, the actors act like it's their journey and that everyone is on the set to facilitate their journey and the whole thing is set up that way - they ask if you want anything. — Ryan Gosling

People think of security as a noun, something you go buy. In reality, it's an abstract concept like happiness. Openness is unbelievably helpful to security. — James Gosling

I'm waiting to get old - I think old guys with tattoos look good. — Ryan Gosling

You have to question a cinematic culture that preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant society, which tries to control how women are depicted on screen. The MPAA is okay supporting scenes that portray women in scenarios of sexual torture and violence for entertainment purposes, but they are trying to force us to look away from a scene that shows a woman in a sexual scenario, which is both complicit and complex. It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self. — Ryan Gosling

It makes my head explode when there are people who think you can do everything in HTML. — James Gosling

I started reading all these men's magazines, trying to follow all the tips: what you're supposed to wear, what you're supposed to have, things you're supposed to say, and all the exercises you're supposed to do. — Ryan Gosling

It's misogynistic in nature to try and control a woman's sexual presentation of self. I consider this an issue that is bigger than (one) film. — Ryan Gosling

I always wanted to do a comedy, but I wanted to pick the right one. But it came down to working with Steve Carell. I've wanted to work with him since I met him years ago as a kid. — Ryan Gosling

I feel like everything has happened naturally. — Ryan Gosling

I think we just knew that we had a movie when Rachel walked in the room. — Ryan Gosling

The theme for me is love and the lack of it. We all want that and we don't know how to get it, and everything we do is some kind of attempt to capture it for ourselves. — Ryan Gosling

If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it. — Ryan Gosling

I turned 30 and everyone told me I would feel different and I didn't. So I thought I'd move to New York. — Ryan Gosling

Ryan Gosling. He was a good kid, good actor. I like him very much. What was the name of the movie? I've forgotten it. Fracture. — Anthony Hopkins

My poor mom really wants me to meet someone. I think she wanted to believe the Ryan Gosling rumor more than anybody, — Michelle Williams

I've been lucky, so lucky, working with [ ... ] Rachel (McAdams) on The Notebook. A big draw for me, when I do a film, is who am I going to be opposite, because there's only so much I can do on my own. — Ryan Gosling

Women aren't interested in being sexy any more and men are. All the guys have objectified themselves and sexualised themselves into being just matinee idols. — Ryan Gosling

I loved growing up in Canada. It's a great place to grow up, because - well, at least where I grew up - it's very multicultural. There's also good health care and a good education system. — Ryan Gosling

I don't think anyone can teach you how to be a man but a woman. You only learn by learning what they need. — Ryan Gosling

To watch a master work at anything is a privilege. — Ryan Gosling

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

I think Ryan Gosling is a really great actor who's meticulous about his work. And I'd love to have the guts that Johnny Depp has to actually go outside the box on a character. When he plays a character, he plays it in a way that nobody else would. — Ashton Kutcher

If I have any particular appeal to women, maybe it's because I listen more than other guys do and appreciate how they think and feel about things. — Ryan Gosling

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. — Ryan Gosling

Acting isn't that hard, really. I mean, I think that people make a big deal about it, but you just kind of try to say your lines naturally. — Ryan Gosling

Ryan [Gosling] has a history with the Mickey Mouse Club. He was a child performer himself. And he took the time to get to know people. — Joel Silver

If I eat a huge meal and I can get the girl to rub my belly, I think that's about as romantic as I can think of. — Ryan Gosling

Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs — James Gosling

My wife comes foremost; then the honour'd mould
Wherein this trunk was framed, and in her hand
The grandchild to her blood. But, out, affection!
All bond and privilege of nature, break!
Let it be virtuous to be obstinate.
What is that curt'sy worth? or those doves' eyes,
Which can make gods forsworn? I melt, and am not
Of stronger earth than others. My mother bows;
As if Olympus to a molehill should
In supplication nod: and my young boy
Hath an aspect of intercession, which
Great nature cries 'Deny not.' let the Volsces
Plough Rome and harrow Italy: I'll never
Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand,
As if a man were author of himself
And knew no other kin. — William Shakespeare

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. — Ryan Gosling

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. — Ryan Gosling

That would be like me tellin' a gosling not to migrate down south his first mature season. You got to go. Got to. There's gonna be snakes and foxes, and in your case, [ ... ], there might even be men with guns. — Walter Mosley

There is this idea in Hollywood, and I've seen it work for people, where the unspoken rule is 'Do two for them and one for yourself.' And that's kind of considered a fact. I've never really found that to be true for me. I've gotten more opportunities out of working on things I believed in than I ever did on things that weren't special to me. — Ryan Gosling

I know is if you're going to cheat on Silas Nash it had better be with Ryan Gosling. — Colleen Hoover

I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I. — Anthony Mackie

I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to. — Ryan Gosling

I'm Canadian. I think that's it. When you're a Canadian, you're always watching America from the outside, from afar. — Ryan Gosling

Given the choice between eating this cupcake or watching Ryan Gosling and Jon Hamm wrestle each other for the privilege of having sex with me, I'd choose the cupcake. — Lisa Kleypas