122 Top Quotes By Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix has donned numerous hats as an actor and believes in doing the same in real life too. Apart from acting and producing films, Phoenix is also a social activist. He strongly voices his opinion in support of animal rights. He frequently campaigns for ‘PETA’ and ‘In Defense of Animals’. He is a director at the charitable organisation ‘The Lunchbox Fund’ which works towards providing regular meals to poor students in Soweto, South Africa. Not the one to speak diplomatically, his quotes on life, family, Hollywood, work ethics, politics, charity, and animal rights might just inspire you to not follow the norm and be different.
I love having a master. I have no problem serving my director. That's my job. I want to make them happy.
That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.
I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open.
I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.
I've never made $20 million. I'm scared. I don't know if you gave me The Ring if I could carry it and bring it to Ozamorph, or whatever you call it.
Together, we can make a U.S. Department of Peace into a reality, and leave a gift of peace for generations to come.
The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen.
I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.
For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes.
I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.
I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.
I'm proud of my brother. I would never not want to be associated with him.
I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.
I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone.
My dissatisfaction with acting has nothing to do with being uncomfortable or vulnerable or feeling like people are going to criticize me. That's not the problem.
I love scripts about relationships, and I love to see puppy love evolving into this mature love and communication.
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.
I know if I'm lost in the moment or not.
I enjoy writing rhymes and sitting alone in a room listening to beats. It's pretty amazing.
The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power.
I don't bring my life into a character at all.
It's hard for me to put my feelings into words.
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.
I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.
Every single movie that I've ever done has affected my life; I always feel more changed by a character than I affect them or change them, always. I mean, that's just kind of the way it is.
There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.
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.
For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.
How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?
