Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquín Rafael Phoenix, known formerly as Leaf Phoenix, is an American actor, producer, music video director, musician and activist. For his work as an artist, Phoenix has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth28 October 1974
CountryUnited States of America
hate weekend taking-a-break
I like working all the time. I hate taking breaks. I don't like the weekends.
hair brain frogs
Do I have a large frog in my hair? I have the sensation that something is eating my brain.
names nicknames kitten
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.
self personality suffering
My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.
animal be-kind vegan
It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.
strong pain animal
We are all animals of this planet. We are all creatures. And nonhuman animals experience pain sensations just like we do. They too are strong, intelligent, industrious, mobile, and evolutional. They too are capable of growth and adaptation. Like us, firsthand foremost, they are earthlings. And like us, they are surviving. Like us they also seek their own comfort rather than discomfort. And like us they express degrees of emotion. In short like us, they are alive.
cash concern explore johnny magical people worry
It was magical to be able to explore the young Johnny Cash and his music. But you worry about people's expectations. There's a concern about people saying, 'Well, that's not Johnny Cash'.
You can take that 'I'm an artiste' stuff to the wrong extreme, too.
people signed ultimate
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.
total
When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.
eight extreme grow kids sports
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.
accustomed affected applause beautiful hearing hundred people room value walk
If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous.
money move next
You're always thinking, What's the next move - the career, the money.
Once I became a total buffoon, it was so liberating.