“Sometimes I think that the one thing I love most about being an adult ...” — Ryan Gosling Quote

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

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.

You can only be yourself, and it sounds cheesy, but when it comes to filmmaking, there's really nowhere to hide.

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.

Young people have always established themselves in an anti-establishment way - I don't care if it's wearing long hair, wearing bell bottoms, wearing miniskirts. But there was always an adult that said, 'Cut your hair, make that skirt longer.' There was always a way to correct it, and that's the role of our schools.

While I wouldn't wish being teased on anyone, I think it eventually leads to a kind of solidarity in adult life. The few people I know who weren't picked on in school are people I find I can't relate to on much more than a surface level. There's a sensitivity that comes with feeling like an outsider at some point in your life.

When my mom turned 91, I wanted to use the time that we have left in our lives to get to know each other as adults.

Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.