River Phoenix
River Phoenix
River Jude Phoenixwas an American actor, musician, and activist. He was the older brother of Rain Phoenix, Joaquin Phoenix, Liberty Phoenix and Summer Phoenix...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 August 1970
CityMadras, OR
CountryUnited States of America
straight street
Once you get into that street groove, the other side-the straight side-looks really scary.
differences together ive-learned
I’ve learned that if you can’t get it all together to accomplish this thing called peace, you do at least your part in your life, because that’s where you can truly make an immediate difference.
simplicity
In simplicity there is truth.
wish would-be sometimes
Sometimes I wish I wasn't as conscious as I am. It would be so much easier.
home important ordinary
My life certainly hasn't been ordinary: different is the word. It hasn't always been stable - except in the important things which are love and security within the family. Whenever there were strains at home, we could always communicate. The rule was that the younger you were, the louder you were allowed to scream. As the eldest, I just talked.
phoenix oasis creation
Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.
phoenix needs welcome
I would rather quit while I was ahead. There’s no need in overstaying your welcome.
halloween acting haunting
Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.
nice mean thinking
I don't want to get so lost in thinking about me and talking about me all the time in interviews. It's so nice to unwind and just look at other things and get out of yourself. It's hard to detach myself from myself without neglecting myself. You know what I mean? I don't want to get in to the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not really that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on.
addiction people disease
Addiction is not just for bad people or scumbags -- it's a universal disease.
ignorance race vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. But it's a small link. There are lots of other issues: apartheid , vivisection, political prisoners, the arms race. There's so much going on in this world today, so much ignorance among people. That's not to say I'm not standing amongst everybody. But the point is, what can we do now? That's the thing about vegetarianism; it's an individual's decision and it's something you have control over. How many things do we really have control over?
justice way answers
Life is multi-layered and there's no way I could do my life justice in one pat answer.
phoenix
I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.
climbing hands hiking
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.