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" You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money. "
Ryan Phillippe
Social
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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. "
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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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" 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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" I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds. "
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" But I'm not particularly comfortable around guns. "
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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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" 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! "
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Shadow
" 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. "
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" I'm really interested in having a studio one day and being a filmmaker. "
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" Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children. "
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Important
" I won't make a movie for money ever again. "
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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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Understand
Mean
Just Because
" But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas. "
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Want
People
" To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me. "
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Me
Involved
" I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30. "
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Time
Something
" 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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Want
I Am
" To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal. "
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White
Story
Boy
" 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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Movies
Opportunity
Career
" Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice. "
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Happy
Great Man
Great
" There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts. "
Ryan Phillippe
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Found
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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. "
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Sadness
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" 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. "
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Best
Look
Loved
" 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. "
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Environment
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" Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood. "
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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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" My sisters are my favorite people on earth. "
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" What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive. "
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" People are sheepish when they approach me. "
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" At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore. "
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Place
Actor