#some

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! ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#changes #feel #get #home #i

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

— Joaquin Phoenix

#experience #guess #i #kind #some

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

#character #endears #especially #films #get-go

My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#experiencing #feel #going #i #i feel

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. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#based #character #conversation #depends #director

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

— Joaquin Phoenix

#decide #i #something #stick #total

I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity, my name is no longer my own. ↗

— River Phoenix

#am #because #commodity #does #especially

I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#begin #else #i #idea #something

I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#best #cheap #decide #go #got

I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#any #blame #called #congress #ever