Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
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I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.
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Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine, people I have never discussed vegetarianism with, are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.
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For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.
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When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.
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I know if I'm lost in the moment or not.
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I mean, I don't like sitting at a table with seven or eight people asking me questions and kind of listening to what I'm doing - scrutinizing my thoughts and things like that. I just don't like it. I can't understand how anyone would.
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I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.
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I enjoy humour more than anything, I don't really sit around banging my head and crying all the time.
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Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.
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I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.
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I don't really make movies because I want to see my face on a billboard or because I want to get good reviews or have a big box office. That doesn't really matter to me at all.
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I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters.
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I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract.
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The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.
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I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.
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I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation.
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My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.
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I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.
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With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes.
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I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.
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I've always loved hip-hop, since I was a kid, that's the music that I loved. I think everyone of our generation kind of fantasized about hip-hop in some ways.
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I love having a master. I have no problem serving my director. That's my job. I want to make them happy.
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When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten.
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I once told a journalist that girls call me 'Kitten,' but I couldn't have been more sarcastic, and no matter how many times I've said that it was a joke, it still doesn't go away.