Ryan Reynolds Net Worth

Ryan Reynolds's Quotes

• (on kissing the older woman in National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)) On that note, that being said, it was damn hard kissing her. You've never experienced anything until you've had a mature, darting tongue in your mouth.
• 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.
• [on his relationship with Alanis Morissette] Our relationship couldn't be better. There's no truth to the rumours we would temporarily broken up.
• 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!
• I'm not a hockey fan, which is probably why I had to leave Canada in the first place.

Interesting Facts about Ryan Reynolds

1. Has a fear of flying since he once went skydiving and parachute failed to open at the first attempt.
2. Failed his high school drama class.
3. Used to work in a grocery store.
4. Attended Kwantlen College for a few months before leaving to pursue his acting career.
5. Is the youngest of four brothers. Two of his three elder brothers are policemen. His paternal grandfather, Chester "Ches" Reynolds, was a Canadian politician and member of the Social Credit Party of Alberta. Chester was an MLA in Alberta from 1940 to 1944.
6. Received a Youth in Film Award nomination for best actor for his work on Nickelodeon's teen drama Hillside (1990).
7. Accompanied musician Alanis Morissette to the 2003 Canadian Juno Music Awards.
8. In early 2001, he met actress Rachael Leigh Cook and the two immediately hit it off. However, Rachael had to fly to Britain shortly after to film Blow Dry (2001). Ryan ended up surprising her, pulling out of his filming schedule, and following her all the way to London. It was a success and they ended up dating for a year.
9. Became engaged to his girlfriend of two years, Canadian singer Alanis Morissette in June 2004. They announced the engagement was off in June 2006.
10. Has expressed great interest in portraying the DC Comics character the Flash, should Warner Bros. ever decide to do a film adaptation of the comic book.
11. On the television series episode, The Outer Limits: If These Walls Could Talk (1995), he played a ghost trapped in a haunted house. Ironically, in The Amityville Horror (2005), he plays a living man trapped in a haunted house.
12. Turned down the role of Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), which went to Nicholas Brendon, reportedly for his own unpleasant high school experiences. Star Sarah Michelle Gellar refused to believe this when she was told during a "Buffy" trivia quiz promoted by SheKnows.com.
13. He was traveling in Indonesia with his former fiancée, Alanis Morissette, when the tsunami struck. They were uninjured since they were staying on the opposite end of the island from where the tsunami hit.
14. Ryan alleges he is friends with Paul Anka and meets with him once in a while.
15. (May 5, 2008) Engaged to Scarlett Johansson.
16. In 2002, he badly injured his back jumping from a bridge in Zurich, Switzerland.
17. Is a huge fan of the Green Bay Packers.
18. Married fiancée Scarlett Johansson in a private Canadian ceremony on September 27, 2008.
19. In November 2008, he ran in the New York City Marathon on behalf of the Michael J. Fox Foundation. His father was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1995.
20. Was named the "Sexiest Man Alive" by People magazine in 2010. This was during the same time that his wife, Scarlett Johansson was named as "Babe of the Year" by GQ magazine.