Ryan Phillippe Quotes
I have three sisters and I've always wanted a brother, so I was really interested in that notion.
Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood.
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.
The ultimate 20-year plan is to be living in the Caribbean, writing, living off the land, eating from the ocean and probably smoking herb.
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.
A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making.
To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.
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.
I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds.
Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.
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.
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 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.
Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question.
But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.
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.
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.
Over the past 10 years of being famous, my relationship with the camera has not been a pleasant one.
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 am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do.
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.
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.
There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.
