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.
Ryan Phillippe

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.
Ryan Phillippe

My sisters are my favorite people on earth.
Ryan Phillippe

People are sheepish when they approach me.
Ryan Phillippe

Tarantino's movies, I really enjoy, certainly, and when I was 19 and 20, I was really into them.
Ryan Phillippe

Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood.
Ryan Phillippe

The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.
Ryan Phillippe

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.
Ryan Phillippe

There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.
Ryan Phillippe

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.
Ryan Phillippe

There's always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don't care how much money you make, where you live... and that's something this film speaks to.
Ryan Phillippe

To be more involved and more aware is appealing to me.
Ryan Phillippe

To me, White Boy Shuffle is sort of like Catcher in the Rye, the story is so universal.
Ryan Phillippe

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!
Ryan Phillippe

What's more ludicrous is the whole idea of me being jealous and competitive.
Ryan Phillippe

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.
Ryan Phillippe

You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money.
Ryan Phillippe