'I feel a Ken in you': did Ryan Gosling actually say this about the ...

11 Jul 2023

‘Ken in the morning. Ken at night. Ken publicly. Ken be all you Ken’ … Ryan Gosling as Ken in Barbie. Photograph: Warner Bros Pictures

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‘Ken in the morning. Ken at night. Ken publicly. Ken be all you Ken’ … Ryan Gosling as Ken in Barbie. Photograph: Warner Bros Pictures
1.“Ken, his job is beach. For 60 years, his job has been the beach ... Everyone was fine with that, for him to have a job that is nothing. But suddenly, it’s like, ‘No, we’ve cared about Ken this whole time.’ No, you didn’t. You never did. You never cared. Barbie never fucked with Ken. That’s the point. If you ever really cared about Ken, you would know that nobody cared about Ken. So your hypocrisy is exposed. This is why his story must be told.”2.“Finally, it’s happening. This has been coming my whole life … I felt like I was seeing myself. I felt seen. I think a lot of Kens will feel seen when they see this. Gotta do it for the Kens. Nobody plays with the Kens.”3.“[Barbie was the] best script I’ve ever read. I walk out in the backyard and do you know where I found Ken, Jimmy? Face down in the mud next to a squished lemon ... I texted [a photo of] it to Greta and I said, ‘I shall be your Ken. For his story must be told.’ ” 4.“I doubted my Kenergy, I'll be honest. It was like I was in my backyard and I was picking up a discarded Ken doll, and then magically I was that Ken doll, and it was Greta Gerwig who was playing with me. And the only way back to the human world was to obey her very specific directions ... to Ken as hard as I Ken. Ken in the morning. Ken at night. Ken publicly. Ken be all you Ken.”5.“Your Kenergy is there the whole time. You’ve got it so strong. I can feel it right now. Look no further. You are Kenough. It’s like wifi. It’s there, but, do you know how it’s really there? I don’t. I mean – could you explain wifi?”6.“The Ken thing is tough. It’s a bit like that Pillsbury – go with me on this – Cinnabon mix. You know, like, once you open that canister, like it all just – it’s very hard to – once you open it, you’re making Cinnabons, you know? And you’re loving it. You are loving making Cinnabons.”7.“I would never correct Barbie. I would never dream of it. I would say whatever Barbie says is exactly right. She’s right. It’s not what you think it is, unless it is, and then you know what it is and then … But I don’t think that’s what you think it is.”8.“There’s something about this Ken that really, I think, relates to that version of myself. Just, like, the guy that was putting on Hammer pants and dancing at the mall and smelling like Drakkar Noir and Aqua Net-ing bangs. I owe that kid a lot.“9.“[Margot Robbie] left a pink present with a pink bow, from Barbie to Ken, every day while we were filming. They were all beach-related. Like puka shells, or a sign that says ‘pray for surf’. Because Ken’s job is just beach. I’ve never quite figured out what that means. But I felt like she was trying to help Ken understand, through these gifts that she was giving.”10.“There’s always been a Ken inside of me. It’s the role I was born to play. I’ve had this Kenergy – if you will – and the Kenergy is alive in me now. I feel a Ken in you. You don’t think so? You’ll see. Wait till the film comes out. You’ll see. You’ll feel seen.”
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