Quotes By Joaquin Phoenix

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

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

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

Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right?

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

I think the day that I become comfortable doing interviews and going on talk shows is the day that I don't know what it is to be a human being anymore.

I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters.

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

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 - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous.