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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I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.

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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 know if I'm lost in the moment or not.

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I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.

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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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Things are rarely as exciting or dramatic as we make them out to be in the press.

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My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children.

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You can take that 'I'm an artiste' stuff to the wrong extreme, too.

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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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Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made me feel much more comfortable about going into a scene.

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In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad impersonation to start with.

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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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Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.

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There was a time when I read a script and I just got excited about the possibilities.

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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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You're always thinking, What's the next move - the career, the money.

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There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting.

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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 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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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've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.

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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