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"Ryan Gosling has admitted that he was immediately drawn to his character in Blue Valentine.  Speaking to Reuters, the actor revealed that the film&amp;#039;s dark subject matter is in line with his interest in taking on more challenging roles.  &amp;quot;Some people eat and eat and don&amp;#039;t know how to stop. For me, it&amp;#039;s the same thing with film. I&amp;#039;m compelled to play these kinds of characters,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;Even when I&amp;#039;m in it, I have moments of lucidity where I&amp;#039;m like, &amp;#039;Why am I doing this?&amp;#039; And I don&amp;#039;t know why. Not knowing is what keeps me interested.&amp;quot; Gosling went on to say that he prefers taking on roles in independent films as he feels that &amp;quot;there&amp;#039;s more freedom and more experimentation&amp;quot; in smaller productions.  Blue Valentine opens in the US on December 29 and in the UK on January 14, 2011. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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