“I would like to thank only one person.” Ryan Gosling’s declaration of love to Eva Mendes on stage in Santa Barbara.

Most actors have to wait until old age to receive a lifetime achievement award. But at age 43, Ryan Gosling isn’t bothered by such considerations and received such an award this Saturday, January 13, at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. During his speech, he wanted to thank “only one person”, his wife Eva Mendes.

“Crazy… Love”

We can no longer count the couples of actors who met on the set of the movie Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling are another example of this. turns around The Place Beyond The Pines In 2011, when they met and got together. They have two daughters, Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 7, and they are completely in love. The Canadian actor in his performance on the Santa Barbara stage thus gave with some confidence. While I was dancing, playing the piano and having a great time on the movie set, my wife was raising our daughter while pregnant with our second and trying to help her brother who was battling cancer,” he said. Before adding, with gratitude. “If he hadn’t done all that, I wouldn’t have been able to have this experience, and it certainly would be someone else here today instead of me. So thank you my dear.”

The actor also wanted to pay tribute to his children and his late brother. “To my daughters Amada and Esmeralda, I love you. And if I may, I would like to dedicate this award to the memory of his brother, Juan Carlos Mendez. “Obviously moved, he wanted to honor cinema. “I dreamed of making movies one day, and now movies have made my life a dream,” summed up the former Disney child star. And to finish. “More importantly, I met the girl of my dreams, Eva Mendes, and had two dream children. » Celebration in proper fashion.