River Phoenix Quotes

• Music is a hobby, because I’m not making any money out of it, but I put just as much conviction into that as I do into my acting.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Money, Uncategorized

  Tags in Music

• Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Money, Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Put

• I can’t on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Change, Live, Learn

• Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn’t like selling products I didn’t believe in.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, Phony

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Everything, Find

• Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Put, Acting

• I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Qualities, Absorbed

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Die, Accident

• 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.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Lie, Sometimes

• I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn’t such a big hit, but for me it was more meaningful than anything else I’d ever done.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Best, Anything

• I’d like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to expierence things.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Character, Play

• I wouldn’t eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Dollar, Hamburgers

• I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Anything, Believed

• 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

  Topics in Truth

  Tags in Lie, Try

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Someone, Strange

• I’m really normal. I play football, go to the beach, drive. We have dogs. I can imagine people calling me a character, but I’m Joe Straight.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Character, Football, Play

• Music is my main goal, but I’m not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don’t want to do it because it’s the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Goal, Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Come

• It’s a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Feeling, Friend

• I’ve been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Music, Mean

• Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.

  River Phoenix

  Topics in Perfection

  Tags in Peace, Link

River Phoenix (26)

Birth:	23rd August, 1970
Death:	31st October, 1993
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Actor, Musician

About

River Jude Phoenix was an American film actor, musician, and activist. He was the oldest brother of fellow actors Rain, Joaquin, Liberty, and Summer Phoenix.

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