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Summary
- Ryan Gosling grew up in Cornwall, Ontario, in a family that belonged to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- In 2007 he told The Observer that his mother admits he was “raised by a religious zealot” and that the faith shaped “what they ate, how they thought.”
- In 2002 he described himself as “religious but nondenominational” and said, “My parents were more Mormon than I was.”
- In 2007 he told Beliefnet, “I wasn’t really Mormon, my parents were,” and that he “never really could identify with it.”
- In 2011 he said he keeps his spiritual life private and finds “spiritual nourishment through not discussing it.”
- Director Henry Bean said Gosling’s Mormon upbringing helped him understand the role of a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer (2001).
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Dennis Lim, “Beyond Belief,” The Village Voice, 7 May 2002. https://www.villagevoice.com/beyond-belief-2/
- Michael Martin, “Twist of Faith: An Interview with The Believer Director Henry Bean,” Nerve, May 2002 (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20120320042658/http://www.nerve.com/content/twist-of-faith-an-interview-with-the-believer-director-henry-bean
- Gaby Wood, “‘I live on Skid Row. You can’t filter out reality there,’” The Observer, 18 February 2007. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2007/feb/18/awardsandprizes.oscars
- Lilit Marcus, “In Love with a Real Doll” (interview with Ryan Gosling and Craig Gillespie), Beliefnet, October 2007 (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/20120102081127/http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Movies/2007/10/In-Love-With-A-Real-Doll.aspx
- Kam Williams, “Ryan Gosling talks about his current role as playboy Jacob Palmer in the new film, ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love,’” Bay State Banner, 27 July 2011 (archived). https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://baystatebanner.com/2011/07/27/ryan-gosling-talks-about-his-current-role-as-playboy-jacob-palmer-in-the-new-film-crazy-stupid-love/
- “Ryan Gosling,” Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Gosling
- “Are ‘Mormons’ Christian?” Gospel Topics Essays, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/christians?lang=eng
