Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
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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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Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character.
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Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.
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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.
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I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open.
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I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.
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For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes.
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You're always thinking, What's the next move - the career, the money.
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Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right?
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I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.
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I don't know why I always get to play these guys who have few redeeming features. But don't knock it. Villains are much more fun.
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Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention.
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No, I don't want to talk about River. I have nothing to say about it that I would want to be public.
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I don't walk around like I'm a movie star because I don't think of myself as a movie star. People usually don't even notice me.
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I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him.
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Well, I haven't signed anything giving people the right to do anything they want with my image, you know what I mean. I have the ultimate say.
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Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.
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I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.
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I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.
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My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.
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I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.
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My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children.
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When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways.
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I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring.