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

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Joaquin Phoenix
Age: 49
Born: 1974
Born: October 28
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Animal rights is a part of my everyday life. When you live by example, you create a certain level of awareness. Friends of mine - people I have never discussed animal rights or vegetarianism with - are adopting vegetarian habits because they see it.
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Every single movie that I've ever done has affected my life I always feel more changed by a character than I affect them or change them, always. I mean, that's just kind of the way it is.
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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.
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My personal life absolutely goes down the drain when I start working that's something that I'm incapable of doing.
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I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.
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I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.
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For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes.
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I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say.
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They tell you to memorize your lines, follow your light, and hit your marks. Those are the three things that you shouldn't do. You should not learn your lines, you should not hit your mark, and you should never follow your light. Find your light - that's my opinion. Everyone else will tell me I'm wrong, but that's my opinion.
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I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.
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The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.
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I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.
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I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.
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I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.
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For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.
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I'm going to sound a little weird here, but I like to spend a lot of time on my own in the woods. I don't exactly sneak off in the middle of the night, but I like to be in a place where no one can reach me by phone or e-mail.
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Getting into the character is difficult and letting go of your life and the things that kind of define you, whatever it is in life that's your daily routine because you sort of find yourself in this other life and that's difficult and the other end is difficult.
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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.
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Together, we can make a U.S. Department of Peace into a reality, and leave a gift of peace for generations to come.
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