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I don't bring my life into a character at all.

Joaquin Phoenix

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Joaquin Phoenix
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 28
Activist
Actor
Animal Rights Advocate
Environmentalist
Film Actor
Film Producer
Music Video Director
Rapper
Screenwriter
Singer
San Juan
Puerto Rico
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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 just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.
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I love doing the music. I love programming beats and kind of working on the music as much, if not more, than the actual rapping.
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I becan acting when River was doing this TV series and they needed two kids for the show, so they got me and my little sister, Summer, to do it. After that I did some really weird guest spots with orangutans and stuff.
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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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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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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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I don't spend most of my life in front of the media.
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I like working all the time. I hate taking breaks. I don't like the weekends.
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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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