Joaquin Phoenix Quotes, Thoughts and images

Is it that your dream is unattainable or is it that you have the wrong dream?

It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.

The less someone knows about me, the better, because my intention is to play a variety of characters.

For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.

I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.

I like working all the time. I hate taking breaks. I don't like the weekends.

Do I have a large frog in my hair? I have the sensation that something is eating my brain.

I know if I'm lost in the moment or not.

There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.

I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.

I'm like the kid that crams for tests and never remembers anything.

The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

I do like to collaborate, and I like hearing other people, and I like how somebody's performance will affect my own.

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?

I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.

I like being an employee. I like making somebody happy - and if they're not, then I'm crushed.

I enjoy humour more than anything, I don't really sit around banging my head and crying all the time.

I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.

I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.

For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes.

I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.

It's hard for me to put my feelings into words.

The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power.

I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.

When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways.

Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.

I enjoy writing rhymes and sitting alone in a room listening to beats. It's pretty amazing.

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 said that it was a joke, it still doesn't go away.

I've been prepping for my role as Medusa.