You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.
Quote by Joaquin Phoenix
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You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.
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Joaquin Phoenix Quotes
- Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character.
- With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes.
- I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.
- For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.
- The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.
- I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death.
- I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors that say they're affected by something, that it changes their life, that they take it home with them, they're just trying to get nominated for an Oscar!
- 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.
- I don't really make movies because I want to see my face on a billboard or because I want to get good reviews or have a big box office. That doesn't really matter to me at all.
- I still think that movies are amazing I respect actors and directors.
Best Quotes
- The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.
- It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.
- The mind of a wise man is prone to change, the mind of a fool, never!
- That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.'
- A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
- Money is usually attracted, not pursued.
- Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.
- The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
- One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.
- When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them.