--- title: Ryan Gosling Was Inspired by the Late Debbie Reynolds description: In a speech at the Palm Springs Film Festival, the 'La La Land' actor paid tribute to Reynolds for her iconic role in 'Singin' in the Rain.' canonical: https://time.com/4620620/ryan-gosling-on-debbie-reynolds/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-03T17:16:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:51.117Z og:title: Ryan Gosling Was Inspired by the Late Debbie Reynolds og:description: In an awards acceptance speech, the 'La La Land' actor paid tribute to Reynolds. og:url: https://time.com/4620620/ryan-gosling-on-debbie-reynolds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ryan Gosling Was Inspired by the Late Debbie Reynolds twitter:description: In an awards acceptance speech, the 'La La Land' actor paid tribute to Reynolds. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ryan Gosling Thank Debbie Reynolds: 'She Was an Inspiration' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 3, 2017 5:16 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 3, 2017 5:16 PM UTC Singer, dancer, and [_La La Land_ actor Ryan Gosling](http://time.com/4587682/la-la-land-review/?iid=sr-link6) took a moment at Monday night’s Palm Springs International Film Festival to honor the late Debbie Reynolds, a musical star herself who notably made her breakout appearance in 1952’s _Singin’ in the Rain_ as the [iconic ingenue Kathy Selden](http://time.com/4619477/debbie-reynolds-gene-kelly-singin-in-the-rain/?iid=sr-link1). “I wish I could have said this in person, but I’d like to thank [Debbie Reynolds](http://time.com/4619301/debbie-reynolds-death-celebrities-react/?iid=sr-link7) for her wonderful career,” Gosling said during his acceptance speech [for the Vanguard Award](http://www.etonline.com/news/206260%5Fryan%5Fgosling%5Fthanks%5Fdebbie%5Freynolds/), given to the film at the festival. “She was an inspiration for us every day—we watched _Singin’ in the Rain_ for inspiration every day, and she truly was an unparalleled talent, so thank you to her for all that inspiration.” The [awards season frontrunner](http://time.com/4594589/la-la-land-opening-scene-musical-another-day-of-sun/?iid=sr-link2) _La La Land_ certainly does take many of its cues from the grand old-school movie musical tradition, even going so far as to [call back to specific moments](http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/12/13/la%5Fla%5Fland%5Fs%5Fmany%5Freferences%5Fto%5Fclassic%5Fmovies%5Ffrom%5Fsingin%5Fin%5Fthe%5Frain%5Fto.html) from _Singin’ in the Rain_ itself, like Gosling’s sly swing around a lamp post. Reynolds [passed away](http://time.com/4619301/debbie-reynolds-death-celebrities-react/?iid=sr-link7) on Thursday at the age of 84, a day after her daughter, legendary _Star Wars_ [princess Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4618461/carrie-fisher-dead-kickass-princess/?iid=sr-link5), also passed. 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