Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ryan-gosling">Ryan Gosling</a> said he’s not taking on certain roles that could affect his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/parents">family</a>.
The 43-year-old Canadian-born <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">actor</a> had previously explored more psychologically complex characters, including roles he played in “The Notebook” (2004), “Blue Valentine” (2010) and “Drive” (2011). But he has a new perspective since becoming a dad.
&#8220;I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place,&#8221; Gosling told WSJ Magazine during a recently published <a href="https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/ryan-gosling-fall-guy-barbie-fame-c7c8a5bf">interview</a>. 
&#8220;This moment is what I feel like trying to read the room at home and feel like what is going to be best for all of us,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The decisions I make, I make them with [girlfriend Eva Mendes] and we make them with our family in mind first.”
Mendes and Gosling have two daughters – Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 8. He said after they were born, he started exploring different genres. 
“I think &#8216;La La Land&#8217; was the first,” Gosling told the outlet. “It was just sort of like, oh, this will be fun for them, too, because even though they’re not coming to set, we’re practicing piano every day or we’re dancing or we’re singing.&#8221;
The actor said his daughters helped influence his decision to accept the part of Ken in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” a role that nabbed him an Oscar nomination earlier this year.
“They were already making little movies about their Barbies on the iPad when it happened, so the fact that I was going off to work to make one too, we just felt like we were aligned,&#8221; Gosling explained. 
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“I’m trying to just figure out who they are and be there for them in the way that I can,” he went on. “They’re such clear and distinct personalities that it’s sort of becoming obvious.”
The actor is currently promoting his new action comedy, “The Fall Guy,” which hit theaters May 3. 
During a previous interview with <a href="https://people.com/ryan-gosling-reveals-fall-guy-stunt-daughters-asked-him-not-to-do-exclusive-8642135">People</a>, Gosling said his daughters told him they don’t approve of him playing with fire on set.
“My kids didn&#8217;t want me to be set on fire,” he told the outlet. “Even though I said, ‘Well, it&#8217;s actually, technically the safer thing to do because there&#8217;s a lot of protective stuff involved.&#8217; [They] “were like, ‘No. No fire.’ So I didn&#8217;t do it,&#8221; Gosling said.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eva-mendes">Eva Mendes</a> says putting acting on hold after having <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/parents">children</a> was not a difficult decision at all. 
The 50-year-old actress has been dating fellow movie star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ryan-gosling">Ryan Gosling</a> since 2011 when they met on the set of “The Place Beyond the Pines.” The couple has two daughters, born in 2014 and 2016.
Mendes mentioned her career pause during an <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1772630680872038651?s=20">interview</a> that aired Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show.
“It was like a no-brainer,” the “Training Day” star said of leaving acting behind. “I’m so lucky. And I was like, if I can have this time with my children – and I still work, I just didn’t act, because acting takes you on locations, it takes you away,” Mendes explained.
“It was almost just like a non-verbal agreement that it was like, okay, he’s going to work and I’m going to work. I’m just going to work here,” she said.
Mendes has been focused on projects off the camera, including launching a cleaning product line and providing voiceover work for the popular animated series “Bluey.” 
Gosling also took a <a href="https://www.today.com/news/ryan-gosling-announces-hes-taking-break-acting-1c8989279">break from acting</a> beginning in 2013 but has since returned and was nominated for an Academy Award for playing Ken in the summer blockbuster “Barbie.” 
Mendes&#8217; statements come just after a source confirmed the pair had moved away from Hollywood to shield their children from “celebrity kids.”
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“For them, the most important job is their girls,” the source told People earlier this month, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eva-mendes-ryan-gosling-leave-hollywood-because-they-dont-want-their-kids-around-celebrity-kids-report">reported</a>. “Everything else comes second. And their girls are thriving. They left L.A. to live a bit further north, away from Hollywood.”
“They didn’t want the girls to grow up around other celebrity kids,” the source continued. “Eva and Ryan love their life. It’s admirable how they’ve been able to create balance and boundaries. They care so much about their marriage and just want their girls to live a happy life.”
Other Hollywood moms have struggled with their decision to balance work life and family. During a recent podcast interview, actress Christina Ricci said her relationship with her toddler daughter was affected by her filming in another country.
“Last year I was commuting back and forth to Vancouver for ‘Yellowjackets.’ [my daughter Cleo] didn’t know me. We had no bond. So that was very upsetting,” Ricci <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/christina-ricci-said-she-had-no-bond-with-toddler-daughter-while-filming-yellowjackets-in-canada">said</a>.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-never-quit-eva-mendes-says-shes-shifting-the-narrative-that-she-left-hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eva Mendes</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ryan-gosling-recalls-weird-sign-he-was-meant-to-play-ken-in-barbie-movie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ryan Gosling</a> reportedly decided to leave Hollywood and raise their kids elsewhere because they preferred not to have their daughters growing up around &#8220;celebrity&#8221; children.
A source close to the &#8220;Barbie” star and &#8220;Hitch&#8221; star said that the superstar couple have moved &#8220;a bit further north&#8221; outside of Tinseltown for the benefit of their girls Esmerelda, 9, and Amanda, 7, <a href="https://people.com/why-eva-mendes-and-ryan-gosling-moved-their-kids-out-of-los-angeles-8607294">People magazine</a> reported.
&#8220;For them, the most important job is their girls,&#8221; the source told the outlet. &#8220;Everything else comes second. And their girls are thriving. They left L.A. to live a bit further north, away from Hollywood.&#8221;
&#8220;They didn&#8217;t want the girls to grow up around other celebrity kids,&#8221; the source added. &#8220;Eva and Ryan love their life. It&#8217;s admirable how they&#8217;ve been able to create balance and boundaries. They care so much about their marriage and just want their girls to live a happy life.&#8221;
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Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes leave LA, didn’t want girls to &#8216;grow up around other celebrity kids&#8217;: report <a href="https://t.co/4ZmFpbStb7">https://t.co/4ZmFpbStb7</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1767328376459497971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2024</a></blockquote>
In August, a <a href="https://people.com/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-enjoy-family-trips-with-their-daughters-exclusive-7570755">source told the outlet</a> that Gosling and Mendes are &#8220;hands-on parents and have little help.”
&#8220;When they are not working, they are all about their girls,&#8221; the source told the outlet. &#8220;Ryan is such a fun dad. He is goofy and his girls love it.&#8221;
&#8220;He takes them out by himself for various activities,&#8221; the source added. &#8220;As a family, they enjoy visiting the desert and the beach. They are a very active family. Eva and Ryan seem happy. They tend to be flirty and hold hands. It&#8217;s cute.&#8221;
The couple famously has kept their relationship and their lives very private. It has even been fodder for tabloids whether the two stars, who have been together for more than a decade, are married.
In 2022, Mendes sparked rumors when she called Gosling her husband, appearing to confirm longtime speculation that she and &#8220;The Notebook&#8221; actor had secretly wed, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actress-eva-mendes-appears-to-confirm-she-and-ryan-gosling-secretly-wed">reported</a>.
During the actress&#8217; appearance on Channel Nine&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; in Australia, Mendes discussed the warm welcome she and Gosling received in that country and called Ryan her &#8220;husband,&#8221; <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a42015507/eva-mendes-ryan-gosling-confirmed-married/">Elle</a> magazine reported.
&#8220;Everyone is so welcoming here and my husband Ryan is here and we are having the best time,&#8221; Mendes told the hosts Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon.
Mendes and Gosling started dating in 2011.
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