Joaquin Phoenix Quotes

I was an extra on 21 Jump Street when I was 19 years old.

I really started acting when I was 12 when I was doing this television show called 'Jack & Bobby.'

I'll be in a series for three or four episodes, but then I'll be off the series, and downtime, as an actor, is a little more than most people understand. Most of the time you're just sitting around taking coffee with friends.

I recurred on 'Grey's Anatomy' for three years, and at the same time, I recurred for eight episodes on 'Rescue Me'. And I'd recurred for nine episodes on 'The Practice'. Frankly, the guest star is often the most compelling character.

I was on the cusp - or thought I was on the cusp - of celebrity, the result of starring as an adorable curly-haired alien in the miniseries 'V' on NBC. 'V' was a hit, and then got green-lit as a series. During the hiatus, the only job I auditioned for that fit my schedule was 'Nightmare on Elm Street.' That's the real reason I said yes.

When I first started acting I was about nine years old. I had never been to audition in my life and my agent sent me out. It was just a commercial for 'Harry Potter.' That was the first thing I ever went out for and I got the 'Harry Potter' commercial which was really cool, but I didn't play Harry Potter.

I booked my first series when I was 13. Acting kind of took control because I was just going from part to part at that point.

I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing.

While I was doing 'Desperate Housewives,' I actually watched it from the beginning.

I got my feet wet in a couple of shows. I did a cameo on my favorite show, 'The Vampire Diaries.' And I guest starred on a show called 'Kickin' It' on Disney.

I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.

I did some British TV and bits and bobs here and there. I've been lucky.

When I was six years old, a children's agent moved in next door to us, sent me out on a commercial audition, and I got the job.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

For a New York actor, there are two things you look forward to - getting your SAG card and being on 'Law and Order.'

People very rarely know my real name but recognise me as characters from my shows, such as 'Last Tango In Halifax.'

I never really thought about acting when I was little; I was just getting a haircut at a salon when I was 10, and a woman approached my mom about putting me forward for an audition!

It's been a pretty amazing experience, getting to go from 'Bosch' to 'The Vampire Diaries' back-to-back, with a little 'Castle' in between.

If a show comes and the content is great, I would never say no to acting on TV.

I did a commercial for a phone company when I was five. But my first big thing was when I was eight. I was on the first season of 'E.R.'

About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'

I've only done two other TV shows [instead of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll], one was Rescue Me and the other was a show called The Job, which was at ABC and only on for two seasons.

I've been auditioning since I was 20, working as a waiter, getting theater gigs, doing the 'Law and Order's.

I would love to do more television.

I used to be a model, but acting was never on my mind.