Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
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Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.
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I don't bring my life into a character at all.
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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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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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I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open.
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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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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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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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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've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.
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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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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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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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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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Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.
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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 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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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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You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.