Cover Girl: Rachel McAdams on Elle Magazine

Actress and pink-hair-hued Rachel McAdams is gracing the cover of the newest issue of Elle magazine. She is also known for her role in the movie, The Notebook, and as actor Ryan Gosling's on-again/off-again girlfriend.

"I'm not going to make movies just to make movies," McAdams says. (She's turned down loads of roles, including the romantic leads in Mission Impossible 3 and Casino Royale, Anne Hathaway's part in The Devil Wears Prada, and Agent 99 in the upcoming Get Smart, starring Steve Carell.) "I have to be passionate about it. And at the same time, I can get very distracted when I'm working, and I like to get back to my life a lot"—a love-wise life with Ryan Gosling that she fictionalized in The Notebook in 2004 and factualized with him "quite a while after the movie." Two years-ish to be exact. She's a serious sort, not one to have her head spun on a set all flibbertigibbety, hand-feeding the tabloids. They're a well-matched pair of hearts. She admires him. Her cheeks bloom when she speaks of his Oscar nomination for Half Nelson. "He did such an amazing job," McAdams says, her voice positively aching. "He worked so hard, too! He never does the same thing twice. He's very brave. I don't think he sees the point [in taking a role] unless he can find out what he's made of every time. He just doesn't back off. He goes into everything from that place."