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I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.
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
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Singer
San Juan
Puerto Rico
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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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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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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 always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.
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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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It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.
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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 love scripts about relationships, and I love to see puppy love evolving into this mature love and communication.
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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 don't bring my life into a character at all.
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I've been prepping for my role as Medusa.
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I'm proud of my brother. I would never not want to be associated with him.
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I love having a master. I have no problem serving my director. That's my job. I want to make them happy.
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I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.
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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 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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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'm very thankful for the people that I've had the opportunity to work with. I have a good life. It's been amazing. I'm not complaining. It's not like acting has ruined me so I have to leave. It's not that. I'm just done with it.
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