Ryan Gosling is grateful for the life he's built, but he's even more grateful that he found the girl of his dreams to share it with.
The 43-year-old “Barbie” actor took time to praise his longtime partner Eva Mendes during his acceptance speech at the ceremony. Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Saturday night.
When Gosling accepted the Kirk Douglas Award for Outstanding Film at the star-studded event, he made sure to praise his female lead.
Gosling said that his acting career has allowed him to play a variety of roles on screen, saying, “Most importantly, I was able to meet the girl of my dreams, Eva Mendes, and have two dream children.” I was able to do it,” he said.
“I always dreamed of making a film someday and now, thanks to cinema, my life has become a dream,” he added.
The couple have daughters Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 7.
In his speech, Gosling admitted he was “not ready” at the moment and joked that he “should have had more champagne.”
In his speech, the “La La Land” actor paid tribute to “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig and actor Steve Carell.
“It's hard to imagine at any point in my career that I'm standing here tonight,” he said. “It's just that it's Kirk Douglas. He's one of the first true icons of cinema…He's totally in a class of his own, and I'm…just Ken?”
“Up until this point, I had only thought about how much film had influenced me. For as long as I can remember, I had never seriously thought about what I had done for film. There was no.”
Gosling also paid tribute to his mother, Donna, who selflessly homeschooled him at an early age to “find my weakness” in acting and “teach me how to create my own stories.” did.
“That open door wasn't an elevator going straight up, but I was able to help my mom pay the rent. And by playing someone else, I learned who I was in the process. “I learned,” he added.
Even though Gosling and Mendes have been together for 13 years, the two rarely shout about each other in public, let alone their appearances.
Last year, Mendes revealed the unique reason he and Gosling don't appear together on red carpets.
The Other Guy actress said she values her privacy so much that she refuses to show the pair on camera together.
After sharing, instagram clip Mendes was asked why he didn't post more snapshots with Mendes after their romance blossomed in 2012, when they first starred together in The Place Beyond the Pines.
Mendes, 49, responded to a fan's request to appear on the red carpet for Gosling's Barbie movie, writing: “What a great comment, thank you.” “But we don't do those things together.”
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“I feel comfortable posting things like these photos that I'm posting because they're already out there,” she added.
In a follow-up comment on the same post, Mendes added that he had only appeared on the red carpet with his girlfriend once.
“Oh, wait, for those who might think I'm lying, we've only been on the red carpet together once to promote this movie,” she said. Ta.
When asked why she was reluctant to post pictures of them together, she wrote: But I still want to make another movie with him…♥️”
