River Phoenix Quotes

'The Social Network' was probably one of the two or three things I've done in my life that I'm most proud of. I'm not going to engage in what about it was disappointing. There's nothing about it I was disappointed in.

If I make two movies my entire life, and they're two movies that - whether they make a lot of money or two people go to see them - they speak of me, then I consider them incredibly successful. I don't need to be Steven Spielberg.

I'm really proud of 'Moneyball.' To me, it's about feeling pride in a movie I made. I think when I'm an old man I'll be able to show it to my grandkids with pride. That's all I can really go for: making movies to please me.

I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones.

'Jaws' freed me to discover that a successful movie didn't make a damn bit of difference to my life.

I just made my album. I did my best. And I uploaded the video just to 'YouTube.' That was all.

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

I've written the best work I know how. And I'm appreciative of the people who read it and care about the work - and that's pretty much the end of that.

I guess I judge my films by how pleased I am with the work I do, so it's kind of on another level. If they do well at the box office, then that's great. Then I'm really pleased about that too.

I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.

It's hard for me to judge my own films as an artist sometimes. But as an artist, I did feel a fulfillment working on them, you know?

At the end of the day, it's nice to walk away from a set knowing that you're doing a movie that is not just for money and is not just pure entertainment.

The best thing about being an artist, instead of a madman or someone who writes letters to the editor, is that you get to engage in satisfying work. Even if you never publish a word, you have something important to pour yourself into.

I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.

My whole career this is the biggest failure financially, but at the same time, it's one of my favorite things I've ever done.

I have a hard time being career-minded, but I want to be able to survive as an actor and do work that I think is important and that says something.

'The Disaster Artist' book is the peak of my career in many ways, but there's something so rewarding about creating something from scratch.

I've been doing both music and acting since I was pretty little. Just for fun. Being able to peruse both professionally is the greatest thing in the whole world.

The years in Boston were the best of my career, and they mean more to me than anything. Winning on that stage was incomparable to anything else. That's the way I choose to look at it.

I've got a talent, and people enjoy my songs, people love my songs; why stop?

I would want to believe that every film I do turns out to be the turning point of my career.

I think that, whatever happens, I'm just happy I've written those songs and I've made an album. That's really big for me, and I'm proud of that.

My movies don't make any money, and they don't really light the world on fire. But I'm really lucky because I've gotten them made.

An actor has to remember the primary reason why he chose the profession that he did. If every role that I do doesn't challenge me, then what is the point of being an actor?

My films may not have a great opening, but I am not bothered about it. Whatever the numbers be, I want those viewers who come for my films to be excited about watching the movie.