Joaquin Phoenix Quotes

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Joaquin Phoenix

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 28, 1974

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

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I'm not technical.

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

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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.

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

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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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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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I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open.

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

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It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone.

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

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

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

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For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes.

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

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

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