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" 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. "

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" I still have sadness and complicated feelings about my divorce. But how beneficial is it to keep hanging onto those feelings? If someone lives through an accident, his aim is to become better and healthy. My aim is always to progress - to make better decisions and be a better father, a better boyfriend, a better husband if it happens again. "

Ryan Phillippe

Progress

Sadness

Father

" At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore. "

" It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly. "

" I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion. "

" But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas. "

" I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do. "

" 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. "

" But I'm not particularly comfortable around guns. "

" To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me. "

Ryan Phillippe

Appealing

Involved

" You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money. "

" The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me. "

" There's always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don't care how much money you make, where you live... and that's something this film speaks to. "

" Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood. "

" Well actually, some weeks they'll write that I'm jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they'll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It's ridiculous! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've been in this business for a long time at my age, I've just turned 30, and I feel like my wife's career is going incredibly well, my kids are happy and healthy in schools, we've both been able to buy a house for our parents, respectively, in the places they live. "

" What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive. "

Ryan Phillippe

Jealous

Competitive

" 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

World

Early

" 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. "

" There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts. "

" My sisters are my favorite people on earth. "

" A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making. "

" Tarantino's movies, I really enjoy, certainly, and when I was 19 and 20, I was really into them. "

" I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30. "

" 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

Grow

Will

" I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker. "

" I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds. "

" People are sheepish when they approach me. "

Ryan Phillippe

Approach

People

" Look at music: I've always loved hiphop and rap, and now there's this whole progressive movement, with De La Soul and Mos Def, Common. It's some of the best stuff around. "