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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

#always #anything #certainly #door #guitar

You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#answer #believe #i #lies #mustn

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#earnest #everyone #many #movies #purpose

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. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#affected #any #applause #beautiful #beautiful person

My parents were just searching for an alternative way of raising their children. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#children #just #parents #raising #searching

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 look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in so many other ways. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#believe #cliche #how #i #look

Well, I think that you know, I threatened myself with quitting after every movie. But I think everybody does that, right? ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#does #every #everybody #i #i think

With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#figures #involved #love #machine #oftentimes

Everything is ironic to me. There are moments I find hysterical, but I'm probably the only one who would find that, except for a few people. ↗

— River Phoenix

#except #few #few people #find #hysterical