Aimless life for Ryan Gosling

The Notebook star Ryan Gosling says that he no longer sets goals for himself as he is happy with the roles he is being offered.

The 30-year-old actor has grown more comfortable with the roles he is offered as he has gotten older and has nothing else to achieve, reported Contactmusic.

"Do I set goals for myself? Not really. I think now that I'm 30 I'm more comfortable. Maybe it's because I'm playing characters that are older, so it is easier to find good material. But I also have more control, I think," said the Blue Valentine actor.

Gosling will be next seen in Drive and said that he loved preparing for the movie.

"I did everything on it except the transmission. The stunt training was the best time ever. You show up at an abandoned church parking lot and there's a new Camaro and a new Mustang sitting there. You get in your car and you drive it until it won't drive anymore, until it's smoking or on fire," Gosling said.

The Ideas of March

The first trailer for the political drama 'The Ides of March' featuring the star and director, Oscar winner George Clooney, as an American presidential candidate and Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine) as an idealistic campaign manager, was released online July 27.

The footage includes behind-the-scene images of the campaign trail and builds up to meetings with managers of rival candidates trying to lure the young staffer away.

As Gosling's character gets a crash course in dirty politics, his ethical dilemma comes to the surface when he considers being the up-and-coming press secretary.

Additional cast members include Paul Giamatti (The Hangover Part II), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) and Evan Rachel Wood (Across the Universe).

Clooney also co-wrote the screenplay with frequent collaborator (and the film's producer) Grant Heslov, adapting the story from the successful stage play Farragut North (the name of a Washington DC metro station), which featured Chris Pine (Star Trek) and Chris Noth (Sex and the City).

The film is set to premiere on August 31 as the opening film of the 68th Venice International Film Festival and will be a featured presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.

The Ides of March opens on October 7 in the United States, with other markets to follow.