"You know us crazy kids. We'll do anything crazy to our hair"
About this Quote
The second sentence, “We’ll do anything crazy to our hair,” sharpens the joke by choosing the safest possible arena for “craziness.” Hair is rebellion that grows back. It’s risk with an undo button. That’s the subtext: modern fame rewards the appearance of spontaneity, but punishes actual mess. You can be transgressive as long as it’s aesthetic, photogenic, and reversible.
Context matters because Gosling’s image has often toggled between the polished heartthrob and the slightly off-kilter indie guy. Hair becomes a low-stakes way to signal evolution: a new role, a new era, a new flavor of masculinity. The quote gently satirizes that whole cycle while still feeding it. He’s letting fans in on the joke, but not so far in that the illusion collapses. That balance - self-aware, not self-serious - is exactly why it lands.
Quote Details
| Topic | Youth |
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| Source | Later attribution: Drive (2011 film) (Ryan Gosling) modern compilation
Evidence:
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| Featured | This quote was our Quote of the Day on December 29, 2024 |
| Cite | Cite this Quote |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Gosling, Ryan. (2026, January 11). You know us crazy kids. We'll do anything crazy to our hair. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-know-us-crazy-kids-well-do-anything-crazy-to-98715/
Chicago Style
Gosling, Ryan. "You know us crazy kids. We'll do anything crazy to our hair." FixQuotes. January 11, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-know-us-crazy-kids-well-do-anything-crazy-to-98715/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"You know us crazy kids. We'll do anything crazy to our hair." FixQuotes, 11 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/you-know-us-crazy-kids-well-do-anything-crazy-to-98715/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.




