"There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting."
-Joaquin Phoenix
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"Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble."
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"I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to death."
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"I still think that movies are amazing I respect actors and directors."
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"With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes."
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"Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience."
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"I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare."
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