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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.
Joaquin Phoenix
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Joaquin Phoenix
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 28
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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.
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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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Might I be ridiculous? Might my career in music be laughable? Yeah, that's possible, but that's certainly not my intention.
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I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.
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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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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've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember.
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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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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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I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.
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I don't bring my life into a character at all.
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