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"Ryan Phillippe is burned out.\r\n&amp;quot;I think I&amp;apos;m going to end my acting career,&amp;quot; the Bang Bang Club actor recently told the New York Post&amp;apos;s Page Six.\r\n\r\nHe explained, &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m so introverted. I&amp;apos;m ready to go behind the scenes. I&amp;apos;m 36, but I&amp;apos;ve been doing this for 20 years.&amp;quot;\r\nIndeed, Phillippe got his dramatic start as a teen in the early 90s on the just-cancelled ABC soap One Life to Live.\r\n\r\nHis first step in quitting life as a Hollywood star? Leaving Hollywood, the town. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s so hard to go out in L.A. I&amp;apos;m going to move,&amp;quot; Phillippe said. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m going to spend a third of my year in New York,&amp;quot; he added, explaining he&amp;apos;s been looking at pads in NYC&amp;apos;s SoHo neighborhood.\r\nOne of the reasons Phillippe&amp;apos;s ready to stop being a celeb? The focus on his busy love life -- his rocky divorce from Reese Witherspoon, his on-again, off-again relationship with Amanda Seyfried, his ex-girlfriend Alexis Knapp&amp;apos;s pregnancy and more.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m a good guy,&amp;quot; he insisted. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not that guy you read about.&amp;quot;\r\nUPDATE: A source close to the star insists to Us Weekly:&amp;#xA0; &amp;quot;He&amp;apos;s been talking about expanding his talents to producing and directing, but never give up acting. He&amp;apos;s not retiring from acting anytime soon!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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