Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
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I love doing the music. I love programming beats and kind of working on the music as much, if not more, than the actual rapping.
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Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.
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I've been prepping for my role as Medusa.
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I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.
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How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?
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Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine - people I have never discussed animal rights or vegetarianism with - are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.
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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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We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive.
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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.
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My personal life absolutely goes down the drain when I start working; that's something that I'm incapable of doing.
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It's hard for me to put my feelings into words.
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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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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 just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.
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I've been in clubs. I don't like being in an enclosed place with really loud music, and a lot of drunk people. It's not my idea of a good time. It's just such a miserable life.
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Do I have a large frog in my hair? I have the sensation that something is eating my brain.
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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 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 bring my life into a character at all.
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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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I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.
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For as long as I've been making movies, I really don't know a lot of the technical side. I mean, I've actively and consciously tried to avoid learning that stuff. I just want to be open and receptive to what's happening in the moment, and I don't want to force anything.
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Together, we can make a U.S. Department of Peace into a reality, and leave a gift of peace for generations to come.
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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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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 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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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 guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract.
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In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears that character to the audience. Or imbues him with some nobility or heroism or something.
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I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.
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