Could Ryan Gosling's acting career soon be coming to a close for awhile?
The Place Beyond the Pines actor will step aside for a bit to "reassess", he said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
"I've been doing it too much. I've lost perspective on what I'm doing. I think it's good for me to take a break and reassess why I'm doing it and how I'm doing it. And I think this is probably a good way to learn about that."
"I need a break from myself as much as I imagine the audience does," the self-deprecating star continued.
He still feels a lot of pressure from the industry, even after all of the success that he has had.
"There's a lot of pressure to be the lead of a film," he said. "I have done it. It's not my favorite way to work."
"The more opportunities I'm given, the more I learn about how easy it is to [expletive] it up," he added. "You fight for freedom and then you get it, and then you have enough rope to hang yourself. It's like trying to exercise some restraint because I do have so much freedom."
Would you miss him as an actor? Look ladies, you still got Channing Tatum ogle over. Right?
Read more of the interview with Ryan after the jump.
[AP]