Quotes from River Phoenix

Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.

Music is my main goal, but I'm not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don't want to do it because it's the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right.

Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in.

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.

Run to the rescue with love/and peace will follow

I don't think I"m a very good actor. Everything is very tentative and at a certain point you click in and just feel the spirit move you. I can be possessed really well.

It's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies.

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.

Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life.

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.

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.

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

Vegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace.

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.

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.

I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.

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.

Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.

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.

Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on.

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.

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

Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant.

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.