<b>Quotes by Ryan</b>:

“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.”

(About feeling responsible for Britney Spears’ sexuality because he corrupted her when they were on MMC) “They would come and ask me questions about sex, and I just told them what I heard – like positions and stuff. All the other mothers went to Disney and told them I was corrupting their kids. I feel somewhat responsible for how sexual she is right now. When I see her with a snake around her neck, I think, did I do that?”

“I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy.”

“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. You try to make them sound like you’re saying them for the first time, but that’s about it. I think that it’s an interesting job. 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.”

“I’ve learned it’s important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is.”

“I don’t think anyone can teach you how to be a man but a woman. You only learn by learning what they need.”

(About the kind of women he likes) “It comes down to intelligence. I think that’s the ultimate aphrodisiac.”

“What happened in New York was the worst, it was murder. And yet, many in my generation seem unaffected. We’re all taken care of in a sense, not all of us for sure, but there’s a certain population which is interesting to me of these kids that really don’t have to worry about anything. They don’t have to worry about what they want to do for a living. They kind of have nothing to stand for. There’s nothing to stand for. We don’t have flower power, we’re not the peace generation, there’s no war — well, maybe there is now. I mean it’s changing, but until this point it was just kind of like limbo.”

“I understand the studios, in the sense that if they’re going to spend $100 million on a film, they want to make sure they’re gonna get that back… but I don’t know how to guarantee you you’re going to make that money back, and I’m uncomfortable working with those kind of numbers.”

<b>Quotes By Others About Ryan</b>:

“He worked so hard, too! He never does the same thing twice. He’s very brave. I don’t think he sees the point [in taking a role] unless he can find out what he’s made of every time. He just doesn’t back off. He goes into everything from that place.” Rachel McAdams – Elle Magazine April 2007

“What’s not the appeal? The obvious is he’s very handsome but underneath that he’s really smart, he’s really giving, really talented, very professional, he’s really multi-layered and I find that fascinating – hard to figure out.” Kelli Garner – October 2007

“There’s a young actor named Ryan Gosling who was in the film at Sundance that won the Grand Jury Prize, The Believer. It had a Showtime run and it’s about to be released theatrically. I’ve seen him in a couple of other films since and he’s very talented.” Kenneth Turan, a renowned film critic – November 2007

“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 on his memorable co-stars – October 2007