In my old age I've come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself.

The couple announced their engagement in March 2009. Her father won custody when Bijou Phillips was in third grade and Bijou Phillips moved with him to Lloyd Harbor a village of the Town of Huntington Long Island. The film received four Academy Awards nominations and was a critical success but not a box office success.

Since 2010 Bijou Phillips has played the recurring role of Lucy Carlyle on the television series Raising Hope. She has appeared in films such as Black and White (1999) Almost Famous (2000) Bully (2001) Octane (2003) The Door in the Floor (2004) Venom (2005) Hostel: Part II (2007) and Choke (2008). When Bijou Phillips was 13 Bijou Phillips started as a model and became one of the youngest people to grace the cover of Interview Magazine and Italian Vogue.