(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Ryan Reynolds has no problem being recognised as it gives him a chance to talk to people.

The star of this summer's superhero blockbuster Green Lantern has a huge fan following. While some stars dislike being so well known as it can interrupt their day-to-day life, Ryan sees chatting to his admirers as one of the perks of his job.

"It's fine," he told Company magazine. "I actually like meeting people, and being recognisable means I have a lot of great conversations with people I might not have had otherwise. Some people think that being recognised means that everyone wants something from you. I just look at it as an opportunity to say, Hey, what's up? How are you? Who are you?'

"If I go towards the conversation instead of running away from it, then they have a nice experience, I have a nice experience, and everyone wins."

Ryan hopes to keep stretching his range as an actor, but doesn't look too far into the future. He has no big plans for the coming years, joking he'll just be happy if he's still around.

"Well, I hope I still have a pulse. That's about as far ahead as I'm going to look," he laughed, when asked where he wants to be in five years. (C) Cover Media