Philadelphia | South Street | actor | Fairmount Park

History Buff

by Bryan Reesman
And do you like that? I love it.

Where else would you recommend? Illiano's Pizza. They make great pizza. I like it a lot. That's in Conshohocken. It's a great little stop-in place in the center of a shopping mall, so to speak. It really reflects Philadelphia. I don't go to South Street or downtown too much, because I'm a suburbanite.

It seems like you enjoy being surrounded by everyday people. Am I right? I like light-hearted individuals. I like trivial things. I like scatterbrained people. I like people who will be in the middle of talking to you and realize that they left a pot on the stove and will ask you to come in and have some barbecue with them and you barely even know them. It really is like that in Philadelphia. People will see you a couple of times, and after a minute, they really begin to care, and they ask about you. Before the fame happened, I would come home and find notes on my door: "Haven't seen you in a while; just checking up on you." They didn't know I was an actor.

Are there any cool bars and nightclubs where you hang out in Philadelphia? No, I've never been good there. I get uncomfortable around a whole lot of people now.

Are there some quiet nightspots where you like to chill out and just be yourself? No. I mean, I've got three babies, man. The only quiet time is when they're asleep. I don't date, and I don't go out.

So where would you take the family to in Philadelphia? The museum, the Franklin Mint, the Liberty Bell - all the places that have significance. The best is Valley Forge. Let them see what actually took place there. Take them to Fairmount Park. All these places are where the battle for independence took place. That's where I take my kids. I just like the natural areas. I don't take them to restaurants. I'm not big on that. I take them to the places that will always be there.




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ISSUE: Mar 1, 2007
American Way Cover - 3/1/2007