Here's How Ryan Gosling's Life Turned Around After Being Evaluated For ADHD In His Childhood

“There’s something messed up with my brain”- Ryan Gosling

When Ryan Gosling was in the first grade, he got so influenced by the ‘Sylvester Stallone’ action film ‘First Blood’ that he brought steak knives to his school and threw them at other children during recess which led to his suspension from the school. At this young age, he was evaluated for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) but was not diagnosed with it. His struggle with ADHA caused him a lot of difficulties and heartache.

Ryan was often bullied during the elementary school, so much so that he hated being a child. He had no friend till the age of 14 or 15. As Ryan was unable to read, his mother left her job and gave him homeschooling for a year.

Watching 'Dick Tracy' as a child, Ryan got inspired to be an actor. He was encouraged to be a performer as his sister was a performer. Ryan and his sister sang songs at the wedding and he performed in front of audiences from a very early age. As performing was the only form that he was praised for, it gave a boost to his self- confidence.

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At the age of 12, Gosling took part in an open audition in Montreal for a revival of Disney Channel’s “The Mikey Mouse Club” which gave him a two years contract as a ‘mouseketeer’ and had to move to Orlando, Florida. His on-screen presence was quite infrequent as the other children were considered more talented and yet, he describes it as the greatest two years of his life and the experience as the one that instilled in him “this great sense of focus”. He became very close friends with the co-cast Justin Timberlake and also lived together for 6 months when they were in the second year of the show. After Gosling’s mother returned to Canada for some work reasons, Timberlake’s mother became Gosling’s legal guardian.

“I've learned it's important not to limit yourself. You can do whatever you really love to do, no matter what it is.” - Ryan Gosling

Finding his way towards his dream, he also developed an idiosyncratic accent as he used to think that a Canadian accent did not sound “tough” and began to model up his accent with that of “Marlon Brando”, an American actor and film director. With this goal in hand, Ryan dropped out high school at the age of 17 to focus on his career in acting.

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In the beginning, Ryan played minor roles in several independent films before actually making it into more stable roles in big movies. He finally came into limelight and his career started to take off after he played ‘Noah Calhoun’ in “The Notebook” which deeply carved his named in Hollywood.

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“All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like'. Because for me, they're all me. I relate to these characters because aspects of their personality are like me. And I just turn up the parts of myself that are them and turn down the parts that aren't.”- Ryan Gosling

Rising up to the stardom, Ryan Gosling showed up as a diversified actor by performing as a drug addicted teacher in ‘Half Nelson’ to a socially inept loner in ‘Lars and the Real Girl’ with both being nominated for the ‘Academy Awards for Best Actor’ and a ‘Golden Globe Award’, respectively. After three year acting break, Gosling appeared in the romantic drama “Blue Valentine” (2010) that earned him a second ‘Golden Globe Award’ nomination. He also starred in the drama ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ along with “Steve Carell” and “Julianne Moore” in 2011 and many other amazing piece of work can be listed down.

Gosling not only displayed his incredible talent in acting but also in music. Along with Zach Shields, Gosling formed a rock duo in 2007. The duo released their first album, ‘Dead Man’s Bones’ in 2009. He displayed his multi-talented personality from being a vocal to playing bass guitar and also from piano to cello.

Ryan Gosling grabbed many awards with his over pouring talents including four “Teen Choice Awards” in 2005 for playing Noah Calhoun in ‘The Notebook’, the ‘Best Actor Award’ for the film, ‘Half Nelson’.

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“For now, I’m just going to keep doing my work and hope I don’t get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I’ll love it.”- Ryan Gosling

Working to the fullest in every sphere of his work, Ryan Gosling, thus, proves that believing in yourself will take you far.