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" I enjoy humour more than anything, I don't really sit around banging my head and crying all the time. "
Joaquin Phoenix
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" Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about. "
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" It's hard for me to put my feelings into words. "
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" When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment. "
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" For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not. "
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" I loved hip-hop. The first stuff I heard was Public Enemy, and I couldn't believe it. It was amazing, and I've always loved hip-hop. "
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" I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember. "
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" I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors. "
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" I've always loved hip-hop, since I was a kid, that's the music that I loved. I think everyone of our generation kind of fantasized about hip-hop in some ways. "
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" I didn't know much about him, and I wasn't a big country music fan. I listened to the Beatles and David Bowie, so I didn't know a lot about him. "
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" There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting. "
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" Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble. "
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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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" I don't spend most of my life in front of the media. "
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My Life
" 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. "
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" It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone. "
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" I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract. "
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" In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears that character to the audience. Or imbues him with some nobility or heroism or something. "
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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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" My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession. "
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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'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie. "
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" When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten. "
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" No, I don't want to talk about River. I have nothing to say about it that I would want to be public. "
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