I guess my experience with some stuff is kind of abstract. – Joaquin Phoenix
There are kids who get on a BMX bike when theyre eight years old and they go, Whoa, this is incredible, and grow up to do extreme sports. Its the same for me with acting. – Joaquin Phoenix
Its an amazing feeling to go into a studio and really be alone. – Joaquin Phoenix
The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies dont do well, after a while you dont get to make any more movies. – Joaquin Phoenix
So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers, and… Wanda Sykes and John Legend… were adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And thats the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship. – Henry Louis Gates