I knew about that scene from the Bible, but I guess I had never really considered it, when I got there, I thought : I'm not going to rub dirt in her eyes. Who the f * ! # would do that ? It doesn't make any sense. That is a horrible introduction to seeing.

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The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power.

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I know if I'm lost in the moment or not. by Joaquin Phoenix

I know if I'm lost in the moment or not.

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

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Every single movie that I've ever done has affected my life; I always feel more changed by a character than I affect them or change them, always. I mean, that's just kind of the way it is.

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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.

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I love doing the music. I love programming beats and kind of working on the music as much, if not more, than the actual rapping.

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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.

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Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time. by Joaquin Phoenix

Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.

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I love scripts about relationships, and I love to see puppy love evolving into this mature love and communication.

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I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and direc... by Joaquin Phoenix

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

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You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyo... by Joaquin Phoenix

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

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I'm proud of my brother. I would never not want to be associated... by Joaquin Phoenix

I'm proud of my brother. I would never not want to be associated with him.

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That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.

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Together, we can make a U.S. Department of Peace into a reality, and leave a gift of peace for generations to come.

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I don't walk around like I'm a movie star because I don't think of myself as a movie star. People usually don't even notice me.

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The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen.

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I don't spend most of my life in front of the media. by Joaquin Phoenix

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

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I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing. by Joaquin Phoenix

I guess I had what you could call an unconventional upbringing.

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I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just... by Joaquin Phoenix

I'd see child actors and I'd get so jealous, because they're just completely wide open.

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They tell you to memorize your lines, follow your light, and hit your marks. Those are the three things that you shouldn't do. You should not learn your lines, you should not hit your mark, and you should never follow your light. Find your light - that's my opinion. Everyone else will tell me I'm wrong, but that's my opinion.

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