I'm like the kid that crams for tests and never remembers anything. Joaquin Phoenix More Quotes by Joaquin Phoenix More Quotes From Joaquin Phoenix I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring. Joaquin Phoenix feel you boring light Things are rarely as exciting or dramatic as we make them out to be in the press. Joaquin Phoenix make out things dramatic It's great to vote, but sometimes we have to take responsibility on ourselves and make changes and sacrifices in our own lives and hope that we can do that. Joaquin Phoenix We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow, and when she gives birth, we steal her baby, and then we take her milk that's intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and cereal. Joaquin Phoenix I have not done everything in my power to ensure that the sets I work on are inclusive, i think that it is the obligation of the people that have created and perpetuate and benefit from a system of oppression to be the ones that dismantle it, so that's on us. Joaquin Phoenix We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow, and when she gives birth, we steal her baby even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable and then we take her milk thats intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal. Joaquin Phoenix I've been a scoundrel in my life. I've been selfish, cruel at times and hard to work with, and I'm grateful that so many people in this room have given me a second chance. Joaquin Phoenix We're talking about the fight against the belief that one nation, one people, one race, one gender or one species has the right to dominate, control and use and exploit another with impunity. Joaquin Phoenix I feel conflicted because so many of my fellow actors that are deserving don't have that same privilege. I think that we send a very clear message to people of color that you're not welcome here, i think that's the message that we're sending to people that have contributed so much to our medium and our industry and in ways that we benefit from. Joaquin Phoenix I am standing on the shoulders of my favorite actor - Heath Ledger. Joaquin Phoenix The meat and dairy industry is the third leading cause of climate change, there is something that you can do today, right now and tomorrow by making your choice about what you consume. Joaquin Phoenix First, I'd like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press, um, for recognizing and acknowledging the link between animal agriculture and climate change, it's a very bold move making tonight plant-based, and it really sends a powerful message. Joaquin Phoenix We don't have to take private jets to Palm Springs for the awards sometimes, or back, i'll try to do better, I hope you will, too. Joaquin Phoenix We all know there is no ... competition between us. Joaquin Phoenix Contrary to popular belief, I don't want to rock the boat. But the boat is f ------ rocked. Joaquin Phoenix