Ryan Reynolds Quotes

I don't expect success. I prepare for it.

Are you stalking me? Because that would be super.

I dragged my wife from our honeymoon in Africa and landed her in Ontario, Canada, when it was -40 degrees.

Laughing can serve you in dark moments and even help you crawl your way back out.

Everyone thinks their baby is a genius. People find it delightfully refreshing when I tell them, My baby? Totally average. Like, 100 percent average.

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

There are so few surprises left in life. We've gotten so addicted to knowing. It's the Google generation. We want the answer to everything right now!

If it weren’t so off-putting for my co-workers. I’d wear my flannel, one-piece 'Hannah Montana' pajamas, like, all the time!

I've done things to my body, mechanically, that I'll never do again. I've done stunts that I shouldn't have done 10, 11, 12 times. I've broken a ton of bones on sets.

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

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

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!

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

My father was swallowed alive by his own anus. It was a terrible way to go.

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!

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

'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.

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

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.

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.

When you're growing up in a family without a lot of money and four boys, it can't always be, 'Let's go see a specialist, see if you're okay.' If you got hurt, you just walked it off.

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.

I learned discipline from my father. Not in terms of corporal punishment, but being determined in whatever you do, and sticking with it.

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.

Mathematically speaking, it seems impossible that there isn't life out our planet. If you flick on the news, it certainly seems like we have aliens among us.

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.

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.

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

I'm the guy doing calisthenics. I'm doing jumping jacks and deep knee bends. I work out like a British person.

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

I have bullshit moments every once in a while - like every actor does.

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

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

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

New Orleans is one of the most exciting, incredible communities in the world. There's such a rich culture and history, and there are innumerable things to do.

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

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.

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

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

You always get that one customer that decides that your name is boy. Or something. It certainly reinforces a respect I already had for people that are in the hospitality industry.

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

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.

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.

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.

I always say that chemistry is something impossible to manufacture. It's either there or it isn't. The fact that you're friends doesn't necessarily equate to great chemistry.

I don't like seeing the stuff that's not polished. It's harder for me to step away from it and watch that.

It's a lot of working out, you know, and you don't get to eat all the things you wanna eat.

I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

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