At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore. Ryan Phillippe More Quotes by Ryan Phillippe More Quotes From Ryan Phillippe Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children. Ryan Phillippe raises important children My sisters are my favorite people on earth. Ryan Phillippe sister earth people Divorce was the darkest, saddest place I had ever been. It was a struggle - there were a good four or five months of not being able to get out of bed. It was the worst time in my life. You get through it. It's a process that's not easy, but I get less and less sad about it every day. Ryan Phillippe divorce struggle easy 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. Ryan Phillippe weed ocean writing 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. Ryan Phillippe parenting growing-up kids A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making. Ryan Phillippe done might hands The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me. Ryan Phillippe doing-me appeals ideas Working in South Africa and the people in Johannesburg get under your skin. It stays with you. It's a place I want to take my children back to. It's a place that filled me with great joy and inspiration but also sadness. I think it's one of the most complex places on the planet. Ryan Phillippe sadness inspiration children Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice. Ryan Phillippe parenting home kids 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. Ryan Phillippe compliments-you nice people Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question. Ryan Phillippe two father kids 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. Ryan Phillippe stress daughter mother I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good. Ryan Phillippe film opinion years But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas. Ryan Phillippe want people ideas 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. Ryan Phillippe granted dark trying 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. Ryan Phillippe incredibles lucky want 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. Ryan Phillippe careers integrity mean I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do. Ryan Phillippe miserable proud want 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. Ryan Phillippe stars trying people I will no longer be an actor to hire, I have a passion for producing and making films. Ryan Phillippe passion film actors
