Quotes of River Phoenix - somelinesforyou

“ In simplicity there is truth. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ I wouldn't eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars. ”

- River Phoenix

“ We all have our distinct things. Leaf was the family clown - very witty, very smart. Mom had to work a lot, so Rainbow was the mother and the older sister and trendsetter. Liberty was always the most physical, like an acrobat, very nimble and strong, a really beautiful girl… ”

- River Phoenix

“ Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling a product I didn't believe in. ”

- River Phoenix

“ I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on. I don't want to separate myself from the rest of the world. If the world is not going too good, I'm part of that… ”

- River Phoenix

“ Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling a product I didn't believe in. ”

- River Phoenix

“ Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling a product I didn't believe in. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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

“ We all have our distinct things. Leaf was the family clown - very witty, very smart. Mom had to work a lot, so Rainbow was the mother and the older sister and trendsetter. Liberty was always the most physical, like an acrobat, very nimble and strong, a really beautiful girl… ”

- River Phoenix

“ Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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

“ 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

“ I wouldn't eat a hamburger for 40,000 dollars. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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

“ I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on. I don't want to separate myself from the rest of the world. If the world is not going too good, I'm part of that… ”

- River Phoenix

“ People are constantly trying to make an image for you. They'll dress you up and tell you to pose a certain way and take all these pictures… they want a certain image, so they create that. And unless you're spending a lot of time to create another image to counteract that image, theirs will win… ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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

“ I told them I was tired of being in the magazines, and how they made it sound like I love them and want girls so badly to buy them. I'm also doing a photo shoot in a couple of weeks - good honest pictures. They're going to print these pictures anyway, so they might as well be pictures of what I'm really like. ”

- River Phoenix

“ Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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. ”

- River Phoenix

“ 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
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