As Hollywood grapples with existential questions and fickle audiences, one of its top stars, Ryan Gosling, has a simple credo.
"In this stage of my life, if I'm going to make films, I want it to be a film that is worth going to the theatre to see," the Canadian actor told journalists in Paris.
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