Ryan Reynolds Quotes

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Disappointment, Up, Yourself

I find that I get a little depressed if I don't move my body each day, so sometimes it's just as simple as walking, and other times it's training for a marathon or some kind of personal goal that I'm trying to meet.

- Ryan Reynolds

Sometimes, Some, Other, Marathon

Like a lot of people, I've got a self-loathing streak that's alive and well. It acts as a de facto engine when I'm working, but it also has its extraordinary pitfalls, too.

- Ryan Reynolds

Alive, Like, Facto, Streak

I think we know too much about actors as it is and their personal lives and it's this information age where we're stimulated constantly by the celebrity buzz effect or whatever it is, these web sites and blogs and different things.

- Ryan Reynolds

Celebrity, Information Age, Sites

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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Words, Feel, Particularly, Strange Thing

I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!

- Ryan Reynolds

Which, Took, Based, Regular Basis

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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Audience, Always, Very, Morally

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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Audience, Always, Very, Morally

I played rugby for years, and I had a rugby jacket that I lost when I was 14. Somehow, my brother found it in storage 15 years later, and he gave it back to me for my 30th birthday. That was amazing and probably one of the best gifts I've ever received.

- Ryan Reynolds

Birthday, Back, Had, Storage

My tattoo is of a cannon in Vancouver that I got in a fleeting moment of stupidity maybe 14 years ago. A lot of people have really beautiful tattoos, and I get real tattoo envy. But then other people basically just treat them like bumper stickers for their bodies.

- Ryan Reynolds

Envy, Treat, Other, Vancouver

I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.

- Ryan Reynolds

British Columbia, Columbia, Vancouver

I think everybody involved in a movie thinks about the box office. It's the 'biz' part of showbiz.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, Everybody, I Think, Showbiz

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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Book, Gift, Slightly, Old School

I had to wear that suit, so I put in my required time in the gym. But I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now.

- Ryan Reynolds

Wear, Had, Put, Trials

I'm not one of those actors who romanticizes his trials working out and brags that he can bench press a panda now.

- Ryan Reynolds

Bench, Out, His, Brag

When I'm not training for a movie, it's more relaxed. I do a lot of running. Usually I'll run four to six miles about three times a week. You try to eat right, but you don't always.

- Ryan Reynolds

Week, Movie, About, Relaxed

I think every relationship is going to go through a few rough patches. Those are what make it stronger, I think.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, Through, I Think, Patches

I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette.

- Ryan Reynolds

Love, Better, Bikes, Roulette

I believe in energy like dark energies. I believe that when a family moves into a house where six murders took place, there's going to be some bad juju in that house. But then again what the hell is wrong with you to be moving in that house to begin with?

- Ryan Reynolds

Believe, Bad, Some, Energies

There's a very real possibility in this industry of going out and leading your life and then going home and being a voyeur of your own life. You can literally go watch yourself - where you went last night, what you did, what the things that people presuppose about you. It's kind of crazy.

- Ryan Reynolds

Own, Very, Leading, Last Night

I don't think you can help but personalize a role. You almost play to none of the preconceived notions of it. It's more or less a personal experience and journey.

- Ryan Reynolds

Play, Think, Role, Preconceived

Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them.

- Ryan Reynolds

Director, Hire, About, Great Director

A live action movie is work, and an animated movie is you showing up in your pajamas once every three months, or in my case, just a splash of baby powder. It's not any kind of heavy lifting.

- Ryan Reynolds

Movie, Your, Powder, Showing Up

I think there's escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If it's done right, you can craft an incredible film. There have been superhero films that I think are brilliant pieces of art.

- Ryan Reynolds

Away, Been, I Think, Captivated

When I meet thousands of fans of the comic - when I realize every one of them can recite the Lantern Corps oath ('In Brightest Day, in blackest night...') - I know how important this is to people.

- Ryan Reynolds

Night, Them, Thousands, Brightest

I'm pretty good at surprising friends and family with gifts. I tend to go towards the more sentimental side of giving.

- Ryan Reynolds

Pretty, Side, Pretty Good, Sentimental

Four months after we finished shooting, I'd been in New Orleans shooting another movie and my agent and I were having a bite to eat - actually in London - and he's sitting there and goes, 'Wow, I just can't believe how ripped you are.'

- Ryan Reynolds

London, Been, Agent, Ripped

I think a fragrance is more of a signature than even what you wear - something you'll remember more down the road than a shirt.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, Signature, I Think, Down The Road

I run in a pair of New Balances with a thinner sole, but they're nothing like those barefoot shoes that show all five toes. I have a bit of a phobia about those.

- Ryan Reynolds

New, Sole, Thinner, Balances

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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Goes, Sure, Gonna, Atone

Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.

- Ryan Reynolds

Pursuit, Guy, Jaw, Runs

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Love, Go, Makes, Runs

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Some, Going, Enjoyable, Bearable

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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, Kid, I Think, Goals

I don't get a lot of romantic comedy scripts.

- Ryan Reynolds

Romantic, Comedy, Lot, Scripts

It's just that... working on 'Green Lantern,' I saw how difficult it is to make that concept palatable, and how confused it all can be when you don't really know exactly where you're going with it or you don't really know how to access that world properly - that world comic book fans have been accessing for decades and falling in love with.

- Ryan Reynolds

Love, Access, Been, Comic Book

I read the 'Deadpool' series back in the '90s. I'm not, like, a huge comic book reader, per say, though. I'll check out 'Archie' when I'm in the grocery line, but that's about it.

- Ryan Reynolds

Book, Line, Reader, Comic Book

The problem with romantic comedies is you know the ending by the poster. So they're not movies you can keep doing over and over again expect satisfaction somehow.

- Ryan Reynolds

Over, Romantic Comedies, Poster

People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too.

- Ryan Reynolds

Moments, Heroic, Too, Complexities

We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges.

- Ryan Reynolds

Proud, Need, Still, Manage

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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Movie, Abuse, Maybe, Great Opportunity

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Stage, Far, Ever, Possibly

Every time I've gotten myself into trouble, it's because I'm choosing a project based on a long-term career goal as opposed to something that speaks to me at the moment.

- Ryan Reynolds

Career, Based, Opposed, Every Time

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky.

- Ryan Reynolds

Lucky, Rewarding, Very, Faced

I've always just liked working. I like being a working actor.

- Ryan Reynolds

Actor, Always, Like, Working Actor

I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world.

- Ryan Reynolds

World, More, Feared, Disappointing

Fragrance is a very personal gift, and I think that's why it makes a great Christmas gift. There's a very distinct signature to it, so if you give it as a gift, I like to think that it's from a person that thinks very highly of you.

- Ryan Reynolds

Gift, I Think, Very, Highly

I can't say I've ever finished a film and been particularly thrilled with myself or patted myself on the back. And maybe that's what keeps me going, and that's a good thing. It speaks volumes about how I perceive myself.

- Ryan Reynolds

Been, Maybe, About, Thrilled

I've had the pretty good fortune of working with some decent guys and gals.

- Ryan Reynolds

Fortune, Some, Pretty, Good Fortune

I see guys with, like, eyebrow art, and I wanna tell them, 'You don't have to go too crazy on your brows. Take it easy, man!'

- Ryan Reynolds

Art, Like, Eyebrow, Brow

I have daddy issues. So I keep tissues on me at all times.

- Ryan Reynolds

Me, Keep, Times, Daddy

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, Marathon, Test, Darwin

I think you have to let go of this idea that you can be precious about everything, and let it be the abstract mess that it is.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, Precious, I Think, Let Go

I'm terrified that I'm genetically predisposed to only having boys. That's frightening. By the time I was 10 years old, and I'm not exaggerating, I knew how to patch drywall.

- Ryan Reynolds

Old, By The Time, Having, Patch

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Doing, Kind, Like, Comedies

Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up.

- Ryan Reynolds

Kind, Crisis, Up, Wakes

My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, I Think, Before, Lines

A nicely fitted two-button suit is the best thing any guy can have. Guys are lucky: We can wear a suit over and over, just with different shirts and ties.

- Ryan Reynolds

Lucky, Over, Nicely, Fitted

I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce.

- Ryan Reynolds

Marriage, Definitely, Divorce

My very worst day on 'Green Lantern' was nowhere near as difficult as my finest day on 'Buried.'

- Ryan Reynolds

Green, Finest, Very, Near

I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life... and that's gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I've always felt if I don't just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to - work harder than anybody else.

- Ryan Reynolds

Career, Very, Gotten, Harder

I love doing six versions of any joke, so if they'll give me six takes, I'd love to do it.

- Ryan Reynolds

Love, Doing, Give, Give Me

A producer is someone who actually calls the shots. An executive producer is just a guy that eats more food at craft service.

- Ryan Reynolds

Craft, More, Guy, Producer

By the time I came to L.A. I'd already cried on movies of the week with two of the women from 'Knots Landing'.

- Ryan Reynolds

Week, Two, By The Time, Cried

You'd be hard pressed to find more drama in 'Days of Our Lives' than you do in an average job each day.

- Ryan Reynolds

Average, Lives, Pressed, Each Day

Guys are lucky: We can wear a suit over and over, just with different shirts and ties.

- Ryan Reynolds

Lucky, Over, Ties, Shirts

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Alone, Chemistry, Firmly, Manufacture

I did as much as I could in Vancouver. You can only play so many ex-'Falcon Crest' sons in so many movies of the week before you burn out.

- Ryan Reynolds

Play, Week, Burn, Vancouver

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Nothing, Brothers, Turned, Hole

There's a lot of actors I think that appear so much more together as the characters they portray as opposed to the actual people, so I know I've said this before: Hollywood's not a place where you're rewarded for growing up.

- Ryan Reynolds

Hollywood, I Think, Before, Appear

When your dad's a cop, calling 911 is really just like calling Dad at work.

- Ryan Reynolds

Cop, Like, Dad, Calling

It's a nice visual. I had just done Blade and I put on more weight for Blade and I thought I might as well use it so I kept it and added a little more. I wanted him to be a big bear.

- Ryan Reynolds

Thought, Big, Added, Bear

Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.

- Ryan Reynolds

Me, Super, Would, Stalking

There's an old saying that you don't ever finish a movie, you abandon it, and I really believe that. I never walk away from a take and pat myself on the back.

- Ryan Reynolds

Movie, Away, Pat, Saying

I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction.

- Ryan Reynolds

Believe, Opposing, Villains, Saying

I remember being upset because I was finally legal to drink in Canada, and I decided to throw that all away and move to America, where I had to wait another two years. I came here to do improv and to try to join the Groundlings.

- Ryan Reynolds

I Remember, Here, Upset, I Came

Even if my father wasn't speaking to me, he would never, ever miss a baseball game.

- Ryan Reynolds

Father, Game, Baseball Game, Miss

I understand the climate we live in and why people are curious. But it's just tough and almost emotionally violent - for anyone, I think - to see your personal life summarized in a sentence.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, Sentence, Violent, Climate

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Turn, Right, Just, Anderson

'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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Green, Role, Like, Glad

I know there are actors we all want to beat up a little. I think it's important to do whatever it takes, and whatever it takes sometimes involves some physical or mental discipline. There's a lot at stake.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, Some, I Think, Stake

It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns.

- Ryan Reynolds

Shooting, Guns, Range, Seriously

I'm six foot two. If I need security around me, there's a problem.

- Ryan Reynolds

Problem, Security, Six, Foot

We started training a month before the movie started and then by five months in, we were at our peak shape.

- Ryan Reynolds

Month, Movie, Months, Peak

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.

- Ryan Reynolds

Career, Want, Own, Nobody

I'm a bit of an M&M nut. I like the blue ones. I pick them out.

- Ryan Reynolds

Blue, Like, Pick, Nut

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Like, Wearing, Mine, Tailored

I was a really nervous kid. I was extremely sensitive. Incredibly perceptive.

- Ryan Reynolds

Kid, Nervous, Extremely, Incredibly

He has such a clear vision of exactly what he wanted out of each character, out of each set, out of each wardrobe change, out of each emotional beat, and action.

- Ryan Reynolds

Change, Emotional, Set, Action

I've had an alarming amount of concussions.

- Ryan Reynolds

Had, Amount, Alarming

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

- Ryan Reynolds

Think, I Wish, I Think, Impatient

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

- Ryan Reynolds

Line, Cops, Lives, Share

The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with heights.

- Ryan Reynolds

Heights, Never, Been, Ground

I'm not a hockey fan, which is probably why I had to leave Canada in the first place.

- Ryan Reynolds

Hockey, Why, Which, Fan

I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know?

- Ryan Reynolds

I Remember, Bigger, Here, Scary

My career has been an inch at a time.

- Ryan Reynolds

Time, Career, Been, Inch

I just like to look beautiful sometimes.

- Ryan Reynolds

Beautiful, Sometimes, Like, Look

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