Ryan Phillippe Quotes
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In my career, I've often played the protagonist or the hero of the movie, and there are so many rules inherent to that role. The audience needs to stay with you, identify with you and like you. When you play the bad guy, those rules go out the window. There's so much freedom there.
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People are sheepish when they approach me.
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There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.
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My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.
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Tarantino's movies, I really enjoy, certainly, and when I was 19 and 20, I was really into them.
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There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor.
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The point is to expand the scope of what a movie can possibly mean or be, to get people involved because they're artistic or understand the point of the material, not just because they fit a certain bill aesthetically.
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Over the past 10 years of being famous, my relationship with the camera has not been a pleasant one.
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The idea of being in a hugely successful movie that I don't like would be just as bad as being in a film that I love that no one sees. I wouldn't want the kind of success that felt cheap or that I didn't own.
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I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30.
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Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question.
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But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.
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I won't make a movie for money ever again.
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I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense.
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I only want to make movies I want to see. That may mean my career is somewhat limited, but that is my version of integrity. No matter how it performs or how it's received, I can be okay with it.
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But I'm not particularly comfortable around guns.
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I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good.
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I learn so much more in an ensemble movie.
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I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do.
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Music is my greatest love. If I could play an instrument I would be a musician.
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Divorce was the darkest, saddest place I had ever been. It was a struggle - there were a good four or five months of not being able to get out of bed. It was the worst time in my life. You get through it. It's a process that's not easy, but I get less and less sad about it every day.
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You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money.
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I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues.