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
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.
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.
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 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 will no longer be an actor to hire, I have a passion for producing and making films.
The world's gotten smaller by virtue of the Internet and new media.
To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money.
Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question.
There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.
I've written something and I would like to have my first film directed by the time I'm 30.
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.
Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood.