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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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" 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. "

Joaquin Phoenix

Doing

Weird

" 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 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. "

" If you walk into a room and one hundred people say, 'You are a lovely, beautiful person', who isn't going to be affected by that? But you have to tell yourself not to value that. You have to tell yourself - or at least I do - to not become accustomed to hearing applause in any way, because I think that's dangerous. "

" I've made up so many stores about my name, I can't remember. "

Joaquin Phoenix

Made

Stores

" 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. "

Joaquin Phoenix

Audience

Him

" I enjoy humour more than anything, I don't really sit around banging my head and crying all the time. "

" I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors. "

" For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not. "

" My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession. "

" When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment. "

" It's an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone. "

Joaquin Phoenix

Feeling

Amazing

" I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract. "

" Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about. "

" I don't spend most of my life in front of the media. "

" 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. "

Joaquin Phoenix

Matter

Kitten

" Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble. "

" 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. "

Joaquin Phoenix

Door

Music

" 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. "

" I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie. "

" 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. "

" I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer. "

" It's hard for me to put my feelings into words. "

" 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. "