Joaquin Phoenix Quotes

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters.
Joaquin Phoenix

Family, Everything, Two

I enjoy humour more than anything, I don't really sit around banging my head and crying all the time.
Joaquin Phoenix

Time, Enjoy, Around

It's hard for me to put my feelings into words.
Joaquin Phoenix

Hard, Feelings, Words

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Music, Him, Country

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Funny, Humor, Experience

I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation.
Joaquin Phoenix

Simple, Job, Stand

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Said, Away, Matter

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Character, Bad, Start

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.
Joaquin Phoenix

Love, Care, Important

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

Time, Movie, Amount

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

Acting, Off, Somebody

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

Experience, Rather, Intense

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Made, Once, Knowing

I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.
Joaquin Phoenix

Work, Fear, Percent

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Two, After, Acting

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

Life, Character, Bring

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

Life, Single, Person

I don't really make movies because I want to see my face on a billboard or because I want to get good reviews or have a big box office. That doesn't really matter to me at all.
Joaquin Phoenix

Good, Movies, Big

I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.
Joaquin Phoenix

Life, Media, Spend

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.
Joaquin Phoenix

Stupid, Stage, Laughing

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.
Joaquin Phoenix

Around, Walk, Star

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!
Joaquin Phoenix

Life, Home, Trying

I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring.
Joaquin Phoenix

Everything, Boring, Find

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

Call, Guess, Upbringing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 28, 1974

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