You have to have a thick skin when youre an actor and auditioning.

Gosling compared acting to a different form of therapy.

I was trying to find a place to put all these things that were happening to me.

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And these films became ways to do that, like time capsules.

So you kinda make the movie for yourselves.

Doesnt matter if anyone else does, you know?

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And its cool if I do, but thats really not the point.

The point is that other people do.