I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it. River Phoenix More Quotes by River Phoenix More Quotes From River Phoenix We're all worth it, man. We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes. River Phoenix planets stars men Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life. River Phoenix cruelty planets creatures Run to the rescue with love/and peace will follow River Phoenix peace-and-love rescue running We take these animals and completely violate who they are. We use them, abuse them, and deprive them all their lives…then we cut their throats, shred them and eat them! Morally, I’m against it, ethically, I can’t justify it, and ecologically, it’s just insane. The thought of meat-eating makes me shudder. As far as wearing fur is concerned, it is the rudest, most inconsiderate, selfish and sick façade I can imagine. River Phoenix selfish cutting animal I’ve learned that if you can’t get it all together to accomplish this thing called peace, you do at least your part in your life, because that’s where you can truly make an immediate difference. River Phoenix ive-learned differences together Sometimes I wish I wasn't as conscious as I am. It would be so much easier. River Phoenix would-be wish sometimes In simplicity there is truth. River Phoenix simplicity It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house. River Phoenix phoenix strange house I don't want to get so lost in thinking about me and talking about me all the time in interviews. It's so nice to unwind and just look at other things and get out of yourself. It's hard to detach myself from myself without neglecting myself. You know what I mean? I don't want to get in to the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not really that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on. River Phoenix nice mean thinking What I have got from my childhood aren't toys, but memories. And happy memories are better than any toy. River Phoenix childhood toys memories Animals are not our playthings. We are on this earth to protect them. It's our duty. River Phoenix duty earth animal We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success. River Phoenix climbing hiking hands 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. I try to lie as much as I can when I’m interviewed. It’s reverse psychology. I figure if you lie, they’ll print the truth. River Phoenix psychology names lying People are constantly trying to make an image for you. They`ll dress you up and tell you to pose a certain way and take all these pictures... they want a certain image, so they create that. And unless you`re spending a lot of time to create another image to counteract that image, theirs will win. So right now, I`m kind of dealing with a lot of false ideas of what I`m about. River Phoenix winning people ideas Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. But it's a small link. There are lots of other issues: apartheid , vivisection, political prisoners, the arms race. There's so much going on in this world today, so much ignorance among people. That's not to say I'm not standing amongst everybody. But the point is, what can we do now? That's the thing about vegetarianism; it's an individual's decision and it's something you have control over. How many things do we really have control over? River Phoenix vegetarianism ignorance race I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall. River Phoenix waterfalls car want I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings. River Phoenix surroundings chameleon quality I'd like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to expierence things. River Phoenix type play character When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'. River Phoenix change fun kids After Stand By Me came out, people were telling me, 'You're so good,' 'You're going to be a star,' and things like that. You can't think about it. If you take it the wrong way, you can really get high on yourself. People get so lost when that happens to them. They may think they have everything under control, but everything is really out of control. Their lives are totally in pieces. River Phoenix stars people thinking
