Ryan Phillippe
Ryan Phillippe
Matthew Ryan Phillippe is an American actor, director, and writer. After appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live, he came to fame in the late 1990s with starring roles in a string of films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cruel Intentions, and 54. In the 2000s, he appeared in several films, including Gosford Park, Crash, and war drama Flags of Our Fathers, Breach, and Stop-Loss. In 2010, Phillippe starred as Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Greg Marinovich...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth10 September 1974
CityNew Castle, DE
CountryUnited States of America
I will no longer be an actor to hire, I have a passion for producing and making films.
People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor.
People are sheepish when they approach me.
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.
Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.
A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.
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.
It just makes so many other things insignificant. It is the most incredible thing that has happened to me, and I feel so lucky to have found the person I want to be with, and to be prepared and enthusiastic.
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.
On his daughter, Ava: She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing.
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.
Music is my greatest love. If I could play an instrument I would be a musician.
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.
My sisters are my favorite people on earth.