“I mean, I don't like sitting at a table with seven or eight people ask...” — Joaquin Phoenix Quote

“I mean, I don't like sitting at a table with seven or eight people asking me questions and kind of listening to what I'm doing - scrutinizing my thoughts and things like that. I just don't like it. I can't understand how anyone would.”

“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.”

“You can take that 'I'm an artiste' stuff to the wrong extreme, too.”

“I remember Mick Jagger asking me 'hey, how do you guys feel about us coming over here and taking all the play from you guys?' I said 'Well, in a way, you have eliminated all my competition.”

“Television is quite a fickle business - you don't know when you'll go out of fashion, so I have to save for that rainy day when people stop asking me to present television programmes.”

“Well if you were asking my personal opinion on that I think the answer can only be yes but it was missed. Much as I know I'm responsible for a lot of things, I can't wear any responsibility for that.”