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
racism film furious
How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?
stars thinking people
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.
scared made rings
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.
sports growing-up kids
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.
thinking entertainment noble
Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.
fur needs alternatives
There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.
character purpose earnest
You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.
character play intention
The less someone knows about me, the better, because my intention is to play a variety of characters.
character heroism film
In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears that character to the audience. Or imbues him with some nobility or heroism or something.
character ideas film
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.
feelings hard
It's hard for me to put my feelings into words.
brother desire actors
I don't have the slightest desire to speak over my dead brother. It gets on my nerves to always be compared with him. My brother was a magnificent person and an outstanding actor.
brother proud want
I'm proud of my brother. I would never not want to be associated with him.
song character men
The expectation is this low, gravelly voice for John, but I went through his early recordings and there were songs in there where the voice was so different, I wasn't even sure if it was him singing, ... So it was interesting to me that we would see him develop the Man in Black sound. I thought it was really important that his voice change as his persona slowly solidified. The music was really the doorway into the character.