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I know if I'm lost in the moment or not.

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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How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?
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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 vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.
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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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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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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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Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.
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I like working all the time. I hate taking breaks. I don't like the weekends.
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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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It takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal.
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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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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 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 know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict.
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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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It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone.
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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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You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.
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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've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
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