Joaquin Phoenix

On January 26, 2006, Phoenix was in a car accident on a winding canyon road that overturned his car. Shaken and confused, Phoenix heard a tapping on his window and a voice say, "Just relax". Unable to see the man, Phoenix replied, "I'm fine. I am relaxed". Then managed to see that the man was famed, eccentric German auteur Werner Herzog, and Herzog replied, "No, you're not". After helping Phoenix out of the wreckage, Herzog phoned in an ambulance and vanished. The crash reportedly was caused by brake failure.
He and River Phoenix are the first brothers to be nominated for acting Academy Awards.
Often brings his mother or any of his three sisters as his date to movie premieres or award shows.
Claims to have watched Hermanastros (2008) more times than any other film.
He is a strict vegan. He refuses to wear any costumes made out of animal skin. For the movie Gladiador (2000), Letras prohibidas, la leyenda del Marqués de Sade (2000) and Johnny & June: Pasión y locura (2005), among others, he requested that his "leather" costumes be made from synthetic materials.

I had a Catholic girlfriend but she wouldn't, uh, share loving.
After River's death, I felt like I was in an altered state. It took me over a year to get my life back.
I don't have the slightest desire to speak about my dead brother. It gets on my nerves to always be compared with him. My brother was a magnificent person and an outstanding actor.
[on living without older brother River] River and I would talk about being old, being in our 50s together, how it'd probably take us that long to get to work together. There was something gorgeous about us being old together. River will be missed - period. I mean now, more than ever I wish I could talk to him.
My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.