Ryan Phillippe says he wants to bow out of the harsh glare of acting and Los Angeles. Phillippe, who plays a photojournalist in “The Bang Bang Club,” griped about the paparazzi culture. “It’s so hard to go out in LA. I’m going to move,” he told us at La Bottega the other night. “I’m going to spend a third of my year in New York.” He said brokers have been showing him places in SoHo and, “I think I’m going to end my acting career. I’m so introverted. I’m ready to be behind the scenes. I’m 36, but I’ve been doing this for 20 years.”
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He said he is also tired of being tabloid fodder, probably because of his eventful love life. “I’m a good guy,” he pleaded to us at the Cinema Society after-party for his film. “I’m not that guy you read about.” Phillippe was joined by cast member Malin Akerman, Ed Westwick, Zoe Kravitz, Karolina Kurkova and Anna Kendrick at the TriBeCa Film Festival American Express-sponsored bash.