Ryan Gosling: I May Retire, Talks Disney On 'Conan'

The "New Mickey Mouse Club" launched Ryan Gosling's career at an early age, and it may now be responsible for ending it at an early age, too.

The "Drive" and "The Ides of March" star, who has three gigantic films out in 2011 after coming out with two major features in 2010, has never worked harder or put out more movies in his life. Understandably, he's a bit tired, and in an interview with the Independent, he confessed that the whole acting thing is burning him out.

"I've been doing this since I was 12... I don't want to act much longer; I can't do one thing my whole life," he told the newspaper (via IFC). "I know there are only so many characters I'll be able to play. It will be over whenever the inspiration dries up."

This year, he played a charming sexpot, vigilante stunt driver and vengeful political aide, so clearly the range is pretty wide. Currently, he's filming "The Place Beyond The Pines," in which he plays a small time crook, "The Gangster Squad," in which he plays a LA cop trying to nab a famous 1940s mobster, "Only God Forgives," which is with his "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn and potentially a remake of "Logan's Run," another film with Refn.

Still, that Disney youth continues to loom large, as he told Conan O'Brien in an interview on Monday night.

"I have a real love-hate thing going on with Disney. It's a slippery conversational slope... I'll give you an example of why I love and hate them. I don't know if this is true or not, and I do not want to get sued by Disney," Gosling eerily detailed. "There is a belief that Disney has been breeding an army of cats. And they're not just ordinary cats. They have a special set of skills. They're like commando cats and they live in a barracks -- a cat barracks, I don't know what you call it -- and they live on the outskirts of the park. And at night, when they close the park under the cover of darkness, these cats descend into the park and they eat all the mice. Which is what I love about Disney because they're so weird and they think of everything... But what's so messed up and why I hate them, is that the whole empire of Disney is built on the back of one mouse."

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[sabelmouse]

12:27 PM on 09/29/2011

i just watched '' lars and the real girl'' . what a lovely film and what a good actor.

[sabelmouse]

06:08 AM on 09/30/2011

actually, make that a delightful film . i had a smile on my face the whole way through except when i was crying.

[Edy Williams]

10:15 PM on 09/24/2011

Ryan if he'd have director JEAN BECKER,who has Gerard DEPARDIEU,bring "heart tears!" to your eyes in "AFTERNOON with MARGUERITTE". RYAN HAS THE SESITIVE WAY TO HAVE DONE THIS FILM. GERARD, WHO HAS LET GO HIS FABULOUS LOOKS(SINCE LOSS OF HIS HANDSOME SON) IS A BIG GUY!, EATS A SANDWICH ALMOST ALWAYS. aT PALM D'OR, A 3P.M., PACKED AUDIENCE EVEN GAVE AN OVATION.tHEIR ARE Doves CALLED CRABBY,,SWAN!, RYAN & Jean: IS AN OSCAR.TO COME!

[TheNuff]

10:20 AM on 09/22/2011

This man is the hotness! Call me.....

[djdeleon]

10:42 PM on 09/21/2011

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[ummm]

04:36 PM on 09/21/2011

Ryan channeling Errol Flynn, got to do other things?
Walt was all about ferals as Aristocats and rats as mice in the innocent wonderful world of Disney. Think today he would be totally upfront about it and amused Disneyland's biggest daily problem is mice everywhere; was he the one who made chewing gum verboten in the park?

[Mike Sellers]

03:41 PM on 09/21/2011

Hey girl, I'm going to retire so I can spend more time thinking about you and what to cook you for dinner.

[Grannysue]

02:26 PM on 09/21/2011

Haaa, love the mouse line!!

[nycbunny]

02:20 PM on 09/21/2011

He is HOT-TO-GO! I wonder if that cat story is true??

[Bluesue]

02:30 PM on 09/21/2011

It is true. Here's an article from September 2010 - the article uses the term "TNR" which means "Trap-Neuter-Return."

http://www.moderncat.net/2010/09/14/tnr-week-disneyland-views-feral-cats-as-partners/

Seems Disney has been used cats for this purpose for 25 years. It's certainly more natural than using poison.

[artbydmh]

05:50 PM on 09/21/2011

It's true. My son wanted to rescue a kitten from California Adventure a few years ago. The employees there informed my son that the cats were there to catch mice...ironic, I know. :o)

[daddesonia]

02:08 PM on 09/21/2011

Must be nice. In todays economy, many of us ordinary people have to continue working for our entire lives. Good luck to you, Ryan.

[Edy Williams]

10:28 PM on 09/24/2011

RYAN & VIOLELENCE? hE LOVES DISNEY LAND! ME TOO. WISH HE HAD fRENCH dIRECTOR jEAN bECKER, tHESE 2 WOULD MAKE HISTORY. jEAN HAS GERARD DEPARDIEU BRING TEARS TO YOUR EYES WITH GOODNESS!.hE EVEN NOTICED kITTY CATS THERE,NOW HERE IS A FAntastic film with Doves in the center!

[Janet Jones]

02:04 PM on 09/21/2011

He needs to take a year off or something. I hope he doesn't quit...he is quite masterful.

[ehedge6969]

01:57 PM on 09/21/2011

I don't think I could take it! I mean.......his body of work, along with his "talent" will be sorely missed, and he will not be forgotten, untill say....16.2 MICROSECONDS after his notalent career has ended. Bye bye. Praise Jebus Homer S.

[Rock Jocelyn]

01:52 PM on 09/21/2011

Man, I wish those Disney cats could get rid of trolls. Sorry y'all haven't been in love with Ryan Gosling since his Canadian tween sit-com days, but those of us who have are pretty proud of his more recent success. And, of course, his unbelievable hotness.

[TVAddict]

01:46 PM on 09/21/2011

If he wants to quit he wants to quit; but saying there aren't many other characters feels like an excuse to me.

[Bigv4719]

01:44 PM on 09/21/2011

So

[fffirstandgoal]

01:42 PM on 09/21/2011

ryan who?

[Cye]

10:15 PM on 09/21/2011

You actually read the article and still don't know? Wow. I didn't know stupidity like that existed.