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. — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
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… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing rhymes and sitting alone in a room listening to beats. It's pretty amazing. — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I began acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children. — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs. — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I once told a journalist that girls call me 'Kitten,' but I couldn't have been more sarcastic, and no matter how many times I've… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
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… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
The expectation is this low, gravelly voice for John, but I went through his early recordings and there were songs in there where the… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
Do I have a large frog in my hair? I have the sensation that something is eating my brain. — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
