Happy 33rd Birthday Ryan Gosling

We all know Ryan is a good looking man

(and PopSugar have a great collection of movie stills that prove it Ryan movie stills )

He's sexy

He can laugh at himself

He's musical

But this last year he is also a director.  We loved this write up by The Guardian on the choice of Ryan's new venture into directing:

"But there's more to their career changes than been-there-done-that nonchalance. All three actors, as popular as they are, have stated that the mainstream movie industry isn't for them. They've always gravitated towards challenging roles in interesting films ....  a man in love with a sex doll in Lars and the Real Girl (Gosling). And now they're taking the next step away from Hollywood. "Some of us are tired of all the sissies in this town," Gosling told New York Magazine in 2010. "The ones who go along, flow with the flow, line up where they're told to line up at. The studios want you to make the same movie over and over – if that's the movie they liked, that's the movie you should keep making."

Writing and directing, then, are just part of the story. We are seeing a wave of actors, who could easily milk the Hollywood status quo, choosing to seize the means of production – and hand them on to others. They're pushing the film industry towards a more diverse, democratic, independent future. When your local multiplex is showing the next dose of The Fast and the Furious, you may feel that future can't come soon enough."

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ryan we can't wait to see where you take us next on your creative journey!