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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. "

Ryan Phillippe

World

Early

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" 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. "

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Will

" 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. "

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

Ryan Phillippe

Jealous

Competitive

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

" 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 learn so much more in an ensemble movie. "

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Much

Learn

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

" 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. "

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

" I won't make a movie for money ever again. "

" Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice. "

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

" To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal. "

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

" LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight. "

" 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! "

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

Ryan Phillippe

Appealing

Involved

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My sisters are my favorite people on earth. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "