Phoenix's Attic

“It stills strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else’s sexuality. It’s like telling someone else how to clean their house.” — River Phoenix

River Phoenix attends Batman premiere in LA, 1989

[Photo by The LIFE Picture Collection]

“I had to stop River from running to hug Kevin, It never crossed his mind that he hadn’t won.” - Heart Phoenix

River, watching himself at the 61st Academy Awards Ceremony

Phoenix was nominated for Best Supporting Actor that night for his sensitive performance in Running on Empty. Unfortunately, he lost to Kevin Kline (A Fished Called Wanda).

- Jerry O’Connell

“It stills strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else’s sexuality. It’s like telling someone else how to clean their house.” — River Phoenix

Vegan James Dean 

Stand by me (1986)