Joaquin Phoenix Quotes About Acting

Quotes about: Acting

• There are certain aspects of acting that I don't like. I'm not a person who loves being on set. I mean, I know people that have their espresso machines in their trailers and they like being in there and they put pictures on walls. But I don't like it. I don't like sitting around.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Wall, Mean, Love Is

  Interview With Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 10, 2012.

• 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.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Summer, Kids, Two

• There are kids who get on BMX bike when they are eight years old and they go,'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It is the same for me with acting.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Sports, Growing Up, Kids

• Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Real, Acting, Important

• For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Acting, Building, Parachutes

• I just I don't feel challenged by acting anymore. I don't enjoy the process anymore.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Acting, Process, Enjoy

  "Joaquin Phoenix Interview – He talks about Quitting Acting to Focus on Music – Part 1" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. February 3, 2009.

• I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict. I don't really enjoy acting enough to not want to experience something that feels like it really affects things. It's like, if you were a surfer, would you want to surf where there was like two-foot waves, or would you want to surf on like ten-foot waves. To me, the more kind of dramatic stories are more exciting for me, to play with.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Play, Two, Feet

• My dissatisfaction with acting has nothing to do with being uncomfortable or vulnerable or feeling like people are going to criticize me. That's not the problem.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  People, Feelings, Acting

  Source: dishmag.com

• I'm very thankful for the people that I've had the opportunity to work with. I have a good life. It's been amazing. I'm not complaining. It's not like acting has ruined me so I have to leave. It's not that. I'm just done with it.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Good Life, Opportunity, People

  Source: dishmag.com

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