Ryan Gosling Says He 'Couldn't Be Here Without' Eva Mendes: 'It's Endless How She Helps Me'

Gosling raved of his longtime partner Mendes in an interview at the premiere of his new movie 'The Fall Guy'

Ryan Gosling is grateful for Eva Mendes — both personally and professionally!

The 43-year-old actor opened up about the support he gets from his longtime partner in a chat with Extra at the Los Angeles premiere of The Fall Guy on Tuesday, April 30.

"She is with the girls, and when she works, I stay home with the girls too," Gosling said of his two kids with Mendes, 50: Esmeralda, 9, and Amada, 8. "I couldn’t be here without her."

"She’s also like my acting coach.” Gosling went on, “She has really become the best acting coach I have ever had, it's endless how she helps me.”

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Asked about the requests he got from Mendes regarding The Fall Guy, Gosling said, " 'Don’t do fire,' " adding that "it was actually a request from my girls too: Do a stunt movie, but don’t get set on fire.' "

The outlet also asked him about Mendes being featured in PEOPLE's 2024 Beautiful Issue, to which Gosling replied, “It should just be her in the issue, basically, but I understand they have to have other people in there.”

Praising his partner's upcoming children's book Desi, Mami and the Never-Ending Worries — which he promoted on a T-shirt earlier his week! — Gosling told Extra, "I’ll let [Eva] speak for it, it’s such a beautiful book."

"It’s been a few years in the making. We read a lot of kids’ books and it’s one of the best I have read. It’s really about something and beautiful," the three-time Oscar nominee added.

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Speaking to PEOPLE for this week's Beautiful Issue, on newsstands Friday, Mendes opened up about how she doesn't "succumb to societal pressure," explaining, "Whatever I want to do, I do."

“I certainly didn’t think I’d have kids and be locked down," the Ghost Rider actress continued. "So I’m really happy that a certain man came into my life and made me change my mind about all that stuff.”

Choosing to leave her acting career behind to focus on her children a decade ago was “the easiest decision” Mendes ever made. And since now she has learned to see “beauty in my imperfections," it's a narrative she's creating for her daughters as well.

“They’re listening, and what I say is powerful,” she told PEOPLE. “When someone radiates joy, I try to be like, ‘Oh, that’s really beautiful.’ Not ‘They’re really beautiful.’ ”

And at the end of the day, Esmeralda and Amada hold her accountable: “It makes me try to be a better person every day.”

The Fall Guy is in theaters Friday, May 3.

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