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The idea of being in a hugely successful movie that I don't like would be just as bad as being in a film that I love that no one sees. I wouldn't want the kind of success that felt cheap or that I didn't own.

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Ryan Phillippe
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: September 10
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