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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Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.
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Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. But it's a small link. There are lots of other issues: apartheid , vivisection, political prisoners, the arms race. There's so much going on in this world today, so much ignorance among people. That's not to say I'm not standing amongst everybody. But the point is, what can we do now? That's the thing about vegetarianism; it's an individual's decision and it's something you have control over. How many things do we really have control over?
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When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard.
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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!