Joaquin Phoenix

No, I don't want to talk about River. I have nothing to say about it that I would want to be public.

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.

When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.