G. Sikes: I remember reading an interview with Robert Downey Jr. after Less Than Zero, where he said he was afraid people would harass him because of his character. Has anyone reacted strongly to your roles?
R. Phoenix: Fuck them. That's all I can say. A big, capital F and a U-C-K and then THEM. T-H-E-M.
K. Reeves: Get a clue, man.
G. Sikes: So, you haven't had any negative—
R. Phoenix: No, I get shit all the time. I don't care.
River Phoenix on playing a wayward, queer hustler in My Own Private Idaho (1991) with Paige Powell and Gini Sikes for Interview Magazine.
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