Ryan Phillippe sat down with Interview magazine to his new movie, Flags of Our Fathers, and discussed family and the challenges of being a working parent. Ryan doesn't plan on working with Reese again anytime soon. He says "Sometimes I think it's a little cleaner to, at least at this stage in our lives, keep that stuff separate. I'd never write anything off completely, but I just feel like there's something to be said for the individuality and mystery of doing things on your own."
Phillippe says he doens't like working away from Witherspoon and their kids Ava, 7, and Deacon, 3. "That's a difficulty that I don't know if I will ever totally come to terms with. But I think I commit sometimes even further to a role because it leaves me less time to think about those things that make me feel sad, like not being around my children."
Immersing himself in a role, he says, serves as "a shield or a protective blanket that keeps me from having to deal with the reality. If I can't see my kids, and I'm in another time zone, I really have to live and eat and breathe the work around the clock, because that keeps me sane."
The couple plans their filming schedules to make sure one of them is always at home with the kids. "That's one of the ways we keep the balance," he says.
But, he admits, "There are obstacles in every family. … It's never going to be perfect – you just try to do the best you can and to create a life that is positive and full for them."
His toughest critic is daughter Ava. "Ava just turned 7 and just started first grade," he says. "I've been down in Austin making this movie (an untitled film about Iraq directed by Kimberly Peirce), so I had the whole conversation with her where I'm getting guilted. She's like, 'You've missed my first day of school two years in a row.' She gives me a harder time than Reese, by far."
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