With an epic career that spans 30 years, two new films and multiple projects on the horizon, Ryan Phillippe is not going anywhere.
JR: You have had such an awesome ride in your career, from I Know What You Did Last Summer, a cult classic, to 54, which I love, and Cruel Intentions, Lincoln Lawyer, all of which are favorites of mine. How do you stay in the game this long without burning out?
RP: It’s interesting; I feel like there have been periods where I did burn out or come close to it. I have been doing this now for over 30 years, which is crazy. And over the course of a 30-year career, you have peaks and valleys in almost any business that’s bound to happen. But particularly in this one. And with the way things have changed over the last ten years, there have been times, not so distant times, where I have contemplated doing something different with my life, and that is sort of why I had begun to branch out into the hospitality space, because as much as there’s aspects of entertainment and being an actor that I still do very much love, it’s not rewarding on the same level, just because of the fact that there are so many streamers now and the market is flooded with content, and it feels like to get something to resonate is even more difficult than it was when I first started out.