Ryan Phillippe says the blue funk he was in following his split from Reese Witherspoon was so bad that he considered suicide as a way to end it all. He said: "After the divorce, I was a physical wreck. I wanted to die. I was ready to kill myself. I was not taking care of myself at all. I would wake up and cry and vomit."
Ryan says he believes the grieving experience has made him a better actor. He tells Man About Town magazine: "Now, it's f***ing easy to cry on cue."
"When I was younger, I didn't have enough to cry about. But since I've had kids, I feel my work has become better, because my life is fuller and more complicated, and I've experienced so many highs and lows."
Ryan recently revealed how his children helped him get through the divorce. He shares custody of the couple's children, eight-year-old Ava and four-year-old Deacon, with Reese
He said: "I know it sounds pathetic - I'm a 33-year-old guy but my daughter is getting me through the toughest time in my life, and that's beautiful.
"Deacon's fun, every day he says something that makes me laugh, warms my heart. It ain't easy. It's devastating but the bottom line is I have to focus on the children, and they're doing amazingly well and that's really all that matters."
