Happy Birthday Ryan Gosling: Thirteen Ways One Man Stole Our Heart

There’s few men in the world that get the unanimous thumbs-up from the Her.i.e team. (We’d give him more, but the restraining order makes it difficult) From old-school Hollywood handsome looks, to the cheeky smile and all ‘round good guy profile he’s rocking, the man might just be perfect. Here’s the reasons we’re celebrating the beautiful specimen of manhood that is Ryan Gosling on his birthday. Here’s to you Ryan… If You’re A Bird I’m A Bird He just made it pretty much impossible for any other man to reach our now impossibly high expectations. We want a bird. Well a man. Who’s our bird. You know what we mean… THAT Kiss There was an awards ceremony. There was an award. Then there was THIS kiss. We have no words. We want to run into those arms. She’s so lucky we love her. Video via Tanya-lynn*♥ The Man Knows How To Use His Hands Yes, believe it or not, Ryan built those chairs that are on the porch in The Notebook, he BUILT that table in the Notebook and he also BUILT that car in Drive. Literally, he is the be all and end all. And he knows how to use his hands. Ladies, step aside. He is perfect.   He’s Not Just Our Hero. He’s A REAL LIFE Hero. Ryan reportedly packed a car after Hurricane Katrina filled with supplies and headed along to Biloxi, Missippi to help rebuild a monastery. He also helped out in the homeless shelters looking after children and has made several trups to Uganda and the Congo on behalf of Project Enough – a charity established to end genocide and crimes against humanity. Legend. He’s Not Afraid To Take A Risk Ryan took the starring role in The Notebook and Only God Forgives, and managed to nail both performances. Say what you want, the man can act. Need more proof? Lars and The Real Girl. The fact that we’re happy to pay whatever price for a cinema ticket to see his face on the big screen is besides the point. One More String To His Bow… Did we mention he can play jazz guitar? He also happens to play with a band - Dead Man’s Bones. The talent never ends. The Man Has Moves We love a man who can dance. The actor took ballet as a kid, although admits he never picked up the full gracefulness of the dance. Ryan’s all about the shake down, the rolling shoulders, the jutting hips… (excuse us, while we daydream) We Just KNOW He’s Got Swag He bagged the STUNNING Eva Mendes, and his exes include Rachel McAdams and Sandra Bullock. Why, oh why, can’t we be at the end of one of those pick-up lines? It Might Have Helped… That his body is the bomb. Emma Stone summed up the entire female population in one line: IT’S LIKE HE’S PHOTOSHOPPED. *Copy* *Paste* *Print* Feeling Broody? He’s A Dad Now Too… Hearts, and ovaries, across the world broke when we heard someone else has officially landed the DILF we dreamed of. Why can’t he be our baby daddy? Also, talk about greedy. The gene pool just got depleted of all the gorgeous DNA. We’ll settle for pale and pasty so. He’s A Sensitive Soul The actor is close to his mum and sister, crediting them for bringing him up. So much so, that he proudly admits he “thinks like a girl”: “I think like a girl, I think. I was literally raised by my mother and my sister. And I just feel like I wouldn’t know how to think any other way.” Trying to melt us Ryan, trying to melt us. Oh, and he scrubs up well in a suit. Oh and this... So, all that's left to ask... Yes, yes we are... Happy Birthday Ryan. We're on standby for the birthday kiss...