Joaquin Phoenix

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I have this horrible sense of humor where I think discomfort is funny - partly because I experience discomfort a lot, and it's a way of laughing at it and getting a release.

The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies don't do well, after a while you don't get to make any more movies.

The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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.