Joaquin Phoenix Quotes

That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.

I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.

I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract.

I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop.

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.

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

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

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.

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

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

I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.

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

I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.

My dissatisfaction with acting has nothing to do with being uncomfortable or vulnerable or feeling like people are going to criticize me. That's not the problem.

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

My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.

Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention.

I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open.

I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.

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.