River Phoenix Quotes
21 quotations by River Phoenix
When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard. |
We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a traditional upbringing. |
We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success. |
Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. |
People wonder if I'll always be a part of this family and the answer is yes. My family has a lot of good energy going in one direction and because of it, we get a lot of things done. That's why I'll always spend a lot of time at Camp Phoenix. |
Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling. |
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. |
It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies. |
It still strikes me as strange that anyone can have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house. |
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. |
I'd like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to expierence things. |
I wouldn't eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars. |
I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it. |
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. |
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. |
I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling a product I didn't believe in. |