People are constantly trying to make an image for you. They`ll dress you up and tell you to pose a certain way and take all these pictures... they want a certain image, so they create that. And unless you`re spending a lot of time to create another image to counteract that image, theirs will win. So right now, I`m kind of dealing with a lot of false ideas of what I`m about.
River PhoenixMusic 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.
River PhoenixLife is multi-layered and there's no way I could do my life justice in one pat answer.
River PhoenixIt's a great feeling to think that I can be a friend to so many people through my movies.
River PhoenixVegetarianism is a link to perfection and peace. But it's a small link. There are lots of other issues: apartheid , vivisection, political prisoners, the arms race. There's so much going on in this world today, so much ignorance among people. That's not to say I'm not standing amongst everybody. But the point is, what can we do now? That's the thing about vegetarianism; it's an individual's decision and it's something you have control over. How many things do we really have control over?
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