Quote: A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I'll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: And now I'm ready to work on my stuff, my career. I feel like everything's taken care of. I'm just in a really good place. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: But at the same time, I think there are some messages: Way of the Gun is anti-gun in a lot of ways. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: But I'm not particularly comfortable around guns. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I grew up on the East Coast, so I'd heard of Studio 54, but I come from south of Philadelphia, so I was a little removed. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I have changed the perceptive of myself as an actor in the past three years and I did it calculatively and it worked because most people in our business are sheep and they will follow what they see. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I have three sisters - one older and two younger - so that gives you a certain standing. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: 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. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I learn so much more in an ensemble movie. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I want to be able to effect some sort of change in the business, by being a more decent producer, making more positively-themed movies. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: 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. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I won't make a movie for money ever again. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I would show up for work and look at the pairs of tight, shiny shorts or jeans that made up our 54 wardrobe and wonder if we were making Showgirls. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I'm drawn to things that make me feel like I'm taking a risk, that scare me, or make me worry about the way that my mom's going to react. It's like some thrill-seeking thing. [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I'm married to America's sweetheart now, so they're looking to shoot me down! [Ryan Phillippe]
Quote: I'm not physically intimidating by any means - I'm like five-foot-nine and 150 pounds at the most - but I guess my character in I Know What You Did Last Summer was so vehemently bastardlike they were a bit shy. [Ryan Phillippe]