Reynolds: "I was a really nervous kid. I was extremely sensitive. Incredibly perceptive."

Reynolds: "Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky."

Reynolds: "I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!"

Reynolds: "I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life... and that's gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I've always felt if I don't just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to - work harder than anybody else."

Reynolds: "I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction."

Reynolds: "I find that I get a little depressed if I don't move my body each day, so sometimes it's just as simple as walking, and other times it's training for a marathon or some kind of personal goal that I'm trying to meet."

Reynolds: "I just love bikes. It's not the safest passion to have, but I guess it's better than Russian roulette."

Reynolds: "There's a very real possibility in this industry of going out and leading your life and then going home and being a voyeur of your own life. You can literally go watch yourself - where you went last night, what you did, what the things that people presuppose about you. It's kind of crazy."

Reynolds: "I've always just liked working. I like being a working actor."

Reynolds: "Like a lot of people, I've got a self-loathing streak that's alive and well. It acts as a de facto engine when I'm working, but it also has its extraordinary pitfalls, too."

Reynolds: "I have daddy issues. So I keep tissues on me at all times."

Reynolds: "It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power."

Reynolds: "When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment."

Reynolds: "I'm sure I have a lot to atone for, if there is a judgment day. It's gonna be a long list for me. It goes right up until I was about 18, and then I sort of straightened out."

Reynolds: "I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know?"

Reynolds: "I'm terrified that I'm genetically predisposed to only having boys. That's frightening. By the time I was 10 years old, and I'm not exaggerating, I knew how to patch drywall."

Reynolds: "Any kind of crisis can be good. It wakes you up."

Reynolds: "I understand the climate we live in and why people are curious. But it's just tough and almost emotionally violent - for anyone, I think - to see your personal life summarized in a sentence."

Reynolds: "I feared disappointing my father more than anything in the world."