Ryan Thomas Gosling is a Canadian actor and musician. He began his career as a child star on the Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs including Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Goosebumps. His breakout role was as a young Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer (2001), and he subsequently starred in several independent films, including The Slaughter Rule (2002), The United States of Leland (2003), and Half Nelson (2006). Gosling gained wider recognition in 2004 with a leading role in the successful romance The Notebook.
For his performance as a drug-addicted teacher in Half Nelson (2006), Gosling was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, and he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. After a three-year acting hiatus, Gosling starred in the marital drama Blue Valentine (2010), earning him a second Golden Globe nomination. In 2011, Gosling starred in the crime thriller Drive and the romantic comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love; the latter earned him his third Golden Globe nomination. His directorial debut, Lost River, was released to poor reviews in 2014. His second film, the musical La La Land (2016), in which he also starred, was acclaimed by critics and earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Table of Contents:
1. Early Life
2. Career
3. Breakthrough
4. Acting Style
5. Critical Acclaim
6. Gosling as a Director
7. Personal Life
8. Filmography
9. Awards and Nominations
10. Ryan Gosling Quotes
1. Early life
Ryan Thomas Gosling was born on November 12, 1980, in London, Ontario, at St. Joseph’s Hospital. He is the second child of Thomas Ray Gosling, a traveling salesman for a paper mill, and Donna, a secretary. His parents were Mormons, and Gosling has said that the family’s devoutness had a negative effect on him and his siblings. Gosling has an older sister, Mandi, and a younger sister, Kayleen. Gosling’s ancestry is English, Scottish, and French Canadian. He has stated that his parents were supportive of his acting goals.
Gosling was educated at Gladstone Public School, Crescentwood Park Public School, and Lester B. Pearson High School. As a child, he watched Dick Tracy and was inspired to become an actor. His parents were supportive of his desire to act, but Gosling has said they always cautioned him about the profession. Gosling has credited his mother with helping him pursue his acting career when she took him to auditions after school.
2. Career
Gosling began his career as a child star on the Mickey Mouse Club (1993–1995), where he co-starred with Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. He appeared on an episode of Goosebumps (1996) and in the television films Murder in the First (1995) and Breaker High (1997). Gosling’s first film role was as a supporting role in the Canadian family film Franklin’s Magic Christmas (1994). He also had a small role in the television film Flash Forward (1996). In 1997, Gosling appeared in the pilot for the Nickelodeon sitcom Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Danny. The show was not picked up by the network.
Gosling had a supporting role in the 2001 film The Believer as Daniel Balint, a young Jewish neo-Nazi. The film received mixed reviews, but Gosling’s performance was praised. The same year, he appeared in the independent films The Slaughter Rule and The United States of Leland. In 2003, Gosling starred in the drama The Believer and the crime thriller The United States of Leland. In 2004, he appeared in the romantic drama The Notebook, which became a box-office success.
3. Breakthrough
In 2006, Gosling starred in the independent film Half Nelson, for which he received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. The film was a commercial success, grossing $10 million worldwide. In 2007, Gosling starred in the crime thriller Fracture, which was a box office success, grossing $91 million worldwide. He also starred in the romantic drama Lars and the Real Girl, which was a critical and commercial success.
4. Acting Style
Gosling has been praised for his naturalistic and understated acting style. Gosling has said that he is a method actor and prepares for his roles by doing extensive research. He has also said that he does not like to “act” but instead prefers to “react”.
5. Critical Acclaim
Gosling has received critical acclaim for his work in a variety of genres. His performance in The Believer was praised by critics, with Roger Ebert writing that “Gosling is one of the best actors of his generation”. Ebert also praised Gosling’s performance in Half Nelson, writing that “Gosling finds the soul of his character, and he gives one of the best performances of the year”.
6. Director
In 2014, Gosling made his directorial debut with the film Lost River. The film was met with negative reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it a “rotten” rating of 19%. In 2016, Gosling directed and starred in the musical La La Land, which was a critical and commercial success.
7. Personal Life
Gosling has been in a relationship with actress Eva Mendes since 2011. The couple have two daughters: Esmeralda Amada (born 2014) and Amada Lee (born 2016).
8. Filmography
Gosling has starred in a variety of films, including the romantic drama The Notebook (2004), the crime thriller Drive (2011), and the musical La La Land (2016). He has also starred in a number of independent films, including The Believer (2001), Half Nelson (2006), and Blue Valentine (2010).
9. Awards and Nominations
Gosling has been nominated for a number of awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role.
Ryan Gosling Quotes
“I think we just knew that we had a movie when Rachel walked in the room.” — Ryan Gosling
“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
“In New York, you’re forced to deal with life; it’s there in front of you on a daily basis.” — Ryan Gosling
“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.” — 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
“As a kid, I decided that a Canadian accent doesn’t sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now I have a phony accent that I can’t shake, so it’s not phony anymore.” — Ryan 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
“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
“I’m attracted to films that have strong female characters because there are strong female characters in my life.” — 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
“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
“I love being Canadian. I think growing up in Canada gives you a world perspective that I certainly enjoy.” — Ryan Gosling
“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
“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
“Hollywood usually doesn’t have a strong woman in films like that, and it’s stupid, so for the most part they’re usually being directed and written by men.” — Ryan Gosling
“Women are mad at me. A girl came up to me on the street and she almost smacked me. Like, ‘How could you? How could you let a girl like that go?’ I feel like I want to give people hugs, they seem so sad. Rachel and I should be the ones getting hugs! Instead, we’re consoling everybody else.” — Ryan Gosling
“I think we’re very complicated and we’re capable of all kinds of things, and movies don’t reflect that.” — Ryan 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 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
“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
“For now, I’m just going to keep doing the work and hope I don’t get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I’ll love it.” — Ryan Gosling
“I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I’ve always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.” — Ryan Gosling
“Freedom is such a gift.” — Ryan Gosling
“On his character Dean in Blue Valentine: It’s sad because he just doesn’t have any ambition outside of loving his wife and his daughter, which should be enough but doesn’t seem to be enough in this case.” — Ryan Gosling
“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 feel it’s important to show that one thing that you do doesn’t define you as a human being. It doesn’t mean there aren’t ramifications or you shouldn’t pay for that but, it’s not who you are.” — 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 tried to find something real in essentially something that’s science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this.” — Ryan Gosling
“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
“Women aren’t interested in being sexy anymore and men are. All the guys have objectified themselves and sexualized themselves into being just matinee idols.” — Ryan Gosling
“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
“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 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.” — 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
“If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that’s what you hope.” — Ryan Gosling
“It was more important to me to understand what it’s like to be this Jewish kid who felt he was so different at such a young age. I feel the story is about a kid who came to hate through love, so I felt I had to learn why he loved this thing so much that he also apparently hated it.” — Ryan Gosling
“I feel there is something nice about not talking. Like you can say more by actually saying less.” — Ryan Gosling
“I’m Canadian so American politics are not really in my wheelhouse.” — Ryan Gosling
“You know how sometimes department stores have these things where, if you win, you get 10 minutes to go in and take anything you want from the store? That’s basically what I’m doing. I’m running in and just trying to grab as many characters as possible before they pull the plug on me.” — Ryan Gosling
“I think about death a lot like I think we all do. I don’t think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It’s an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It’s this thing that’s looming, and you can control it.” — Ryan Gosling
“Cars can have a hypnotic effect. You can get in a car and get out and not really remember the trip.” — 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
“I went through puberty in a theme park. I’m grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.” — Ryan Gosling
“All my characters are me. I’m not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think ‘I wonder what that feels like.’ Because for me, they’re all me.” — 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 grew up Mormon. I wasn’t really Mormon, my parents were.” — Ryan Gosling
“I like all kinds of movies, I love movies, and I always wanted to try and make one. — Ryan Gosling
“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
“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
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