Ryan Gosling Says His Daughters Hugely Impact Which Roles He Takes

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. But alongside his more comedic roles, or his turns as the charming action hero, the 43-year-old hasn't shied away from psychologically darker characters.

In The Place Beyond the Pines—the 2012 drama where Gosling met his —for example, the actor starred as a motorcycle stuntman who turned to a life of crime to support his family.Nowadays, however, you'll be less likely to find Gosling going to a “dark place” for a film.

In an interview with , the actor said he's avoiding projects that might impact his mood at the end of the day.“The decisions I make, I make them with , and we make them with our family in mind first,” he said.

The couple shares two daughters, Esmerelda Amada, 9, and Amada Lee, 8.Gosling says he first began to notice how his daughters impacted his career choices when he signed on for La La Land, the 2016 musical in which he starred alongside “It was sort of like, ‘oh this will be fun for [my kids] too,’ because even though they’re not coming to set, we’re practicing piano every day or we’re dancing or we’re singing,” he said.Ryan Gosling performs “I'm Just Ken” at the 2024 Oscars.His daughters also had a few requests of their own when it came to his most recent project, The Fall Guy, in which he plays a stuntman.