Joaquin Phoenix Quotes

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Joaquin Phoenix

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 28, 1974

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

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I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.

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

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

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I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.

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

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

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I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.

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