Joaquin Phoenix Quotes - Page 4

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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.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Records, Experiencing Something, Music Is

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• There are kids who get on BMX bike when they are eight years old and they go,'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It is the same for me with acting.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Sports, Growing Up, Kids

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

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Children, Jealous, Actors

  "The Master’s Joaquin Phoenix on Animal Inspirations, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Pleasures of Discomfort". Interview with Jessica Winter, entertainment.time.com. September 13, 2012.

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• 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.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  People, Feelings, Acting

  Source: dishmag.com

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• That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Voice, Singing, Gateways

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• 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.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Scared, Made, Rings

  Interview With Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 10, 2012.

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

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Shooting, Vomiting

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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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  People, Work Out

  "Joaquin Phoenix Interview – He talks about Quitting Acting to Focus on Music – Part 1". Interview with Steve ‘Frosty’ Weintraub, collider.com. Februaary 3, 2009.

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• There are certain aspects of acting that I don't like. I'm not a person who loves being on set. I mean, I know people that have their espresso machines in their trailers and they like being in there and they put pictures on walls. But I don't like it. I don't like sitting around.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Wall, Mean, Love Is

  Interview With Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 10, 2012.

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• I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Believe, Hip Hop, Enemy

  "Joaquin Phoenix Interview – He talks about Quitting Acting to Focus on Music – Part 1" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 3, 2009.

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• I still have a hard time saying who Johnny [ Cash ] is in one sentence. He seemed so contradictory in his actions, and I think that's probably what is most fascinating about him and what made him such an interesting character to study.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Character, Hard Times, Thinking

  Source: movieweb.com

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

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Character, Purpose, Earnest

  "You must be Joaquin" by Sanjiv Bhattacharya, www.theguardian.com. July 19, 2003.

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