Joaquin Phoenix Quotes

My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.
Joaquin Phoenix

Happens, Suffer, Disorder

No, I don't want to talk about River. I have nothing to say about it that I would want to be public.
Joaquin Phoenix

Nothing, Talk, Public

Once I became a total buffoon, it was so liberating.
Joaquin Phoenix

Once, Total, Liberating

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Character, Sometimes, Times

The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies don't do well, after a while you don't get to make any more movies.
Joaquin Phoenix

Movies, Why, After

The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.
Joaquin Phoenix

Movies, Hate, Trying

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Sports, Same, Old

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

Time, Read, Excited

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

Exciting, Press, Dramatic

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Mean, Giving, Image

Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right?
Joaquin Phoenix

After, Everybody, Movie

When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.
Joaquin Phoenix

Commitment, Decide, Total

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Tell, Name, Force

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Money, True, Parents

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.
Joaquin Phoenix

Society, Film, Whether

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

Love, Public, Seems

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

Wrong, Stuff, Extreme

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.
Joaquin Phoenix

Time, Movies, Everyone

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

Money, Thinking, Career

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 28, 1974

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