River Phoenix
River Phoenix
River Jude Phoenixwas an American actor, musician, and activist. He was the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix and Summer Phoenix...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 August 1970
CityMadras, OR
CountryUnited States of America
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I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead.
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I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn't such a big hit, but for me it was more meaningful than anything else I'd ever done.
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I don't want to get so lost in thinking about me and talking about me all the time in interviews. It's so nice to unwind and just look at other things and get out of yourself. It's hard to detach myself from myself without neglecting myself. You know what I mean? I don't want to get in to the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not really that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on.
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Biggest problem was I was terrible for commercials - I couldn't smile on cue.
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Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling a product I didn't believe in.
I wouldn't eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars.
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I told them I was tired of being in the magazines, and how they made it sound like I love them and want girls so badly to buy them. I'm also doing a photo shoot in a couple of weeks - good honest pictures. They're going to print these pictures anyway, so they might as well be pictures of what I'm really like.
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It still strikes me as strange that anyone can have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house.
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It makes you realize drugs aren't just done by bad guys and sleazebags; it's a universal disease.
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We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a traditional upbringing.
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I try to lie as much as I can when I'm interviewed. It's reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they'll print the truth.
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Once you get into that street groove, the other side-the straight side-looks really scary.
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I remember we'd roll into gas stations in our beat-up van and I'd tell the attendant, 'I'm going to be an actor!
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I have twenty personalities on top of the ten I already have. So now I have thirty people in my head!