Quotes by Joaquin Phoenix

About Joaquin Phoenix:

Joaquín Rafael Phoenix is an American actor, producer, music video director, musician and activist. For his work as an artist, Phoenix has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations.
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It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone.

Joaquin Phoenix

I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.

Joaquin Phoenix

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.

Joaquin Phoenix

I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.

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I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract.

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For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.

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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 siste...

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I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors that say they're affected by something, that it changes their life, that they take it home with them, they're just trying to get nominated for an Oscar!

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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 wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.

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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 always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.

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I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.

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I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.

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I don't bring my life into a character at all.

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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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Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

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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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With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes.

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It's hard for me to put my feelings into words.

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Author Bio

  • NameJoaquin Phoenix
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, music video director, producer, musician, and social activist
  • AliasesJoaquin Rafael Phoenix; Leaf Phoenix; Joaquín Rafael Bottom
  • BornOctober 28, 1974
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Street Artist; Film Producer