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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: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 28
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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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I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.
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That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.
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I like working all the time. I hate taking breaks. I don't like the weekends.
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I've never made $20 million. I'm scared. I don't know if you gave me The Ring if I could carry it and bring it to Ozamorph, or whatever you call it.
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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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I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
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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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There are certain aspects of acting that I don't like. I'm not a person who loves being on set. I mean, I know people that have their espresso machines in their trailers and they like being in there and they put pictures on walls. But I don't like it. I don't like sitting around.
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I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.
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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.
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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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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.
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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 always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.
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I don't walk around like I'm a movie star because I don't think of myself as a movie star. People usually don't even notice me.
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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've been in clubs. I don't like being in an enclosed place with really loud music, and a lot of drunk people. It's not my idea of a good time. It's just such a miserable life.
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