RP Fact: River was an investor in the original House of Blues (founded by his good friend and Sneakers co-star Dan Aykroyd) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which opened its doors to the public after serving a group of homeless people on Thanksgiving Day 1992.

“I really admire River. He can play serious & very eccentric roles well. He won the Independent Spirits Award. Did you know? He’s great." - Keanu Reeves

"I like the story and the movie idea, and I knew River wanted to do the film so I decided to do it. It’s fun to work with River. He’s got a great sense of humor. When he gets frustrated about something, he really cracks me up." - Keanu Reeves on My Own Private Idaho & River

“It’s really great to be in the same place as Kevin Kline, Tracy Ullman, River Phoenix, William Hurt, all these big stars. I asked River, “It’s not a dream, is it? Pinch me a little. I am really here, aren’t I?”River laughed.” - Keanu Reeves

”It’s called Transcending and it’s about one of the kindest people I ever met in my life. When I think about River I don’t think about his death. I don’t get sad about it. I think how incredibly fortunate I was to be friends with a person who looked inside me and saw things that no one else ever saw before. And that song is a respectfully loving song for him.”

- Flea

"…I recorded my VO for the A&E Biography of River Phoenix yesterday…it was really tough. I had to stop a couple of times, because I felt like I was going to cry. I haven’t thought about him, really, for years. I didn’t know River when he was a messed up. I onlyreally knew him when we were kids, working on Stand By Me. I don’t know what drove him to be a drug addict, because it’s different for everyone…but I suspect that a big part of it was a desire to numb the pain that often comes with being a professional actor and celebrity. River hated celebrity, and had a very hard time with it…that I doknow. There are times when I don’t like celebrity, either, but I am lucky enough to have survived my teens and early twenties, and now that I’m almost 30 (!) I can put stuff into perspective.

I often wonder what would have become of River, if he’d lived. I think he’d be giving actors like Johnny Depp and Brad Pitt a run for their money, man.”

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"He was a beautiful man, a beautiful brother, and I respected him greatly and I miss him so much. The thing I’ll always remember about him, was that no dream was too big." - Summer Phoenix

Who’s the best actress you’ve worked with?
River: Hands down it’s been Lili Taylor who I co-starred with in Dogfight. She is just an amazing actress and human being as well. Incredible working with her. She is so professional and so strong and she’s fearless. The character I played in Dogfight was very different than who I am in real life, I mean as an actor that’s what we do, but what Lili did, to me, was something really, really amazing. Here you have someone who can play a beautiful European actress’s life story and then she can do Dogfight and go through the gruelling make-up sessions, the padding, and the gaining of weight to transform herself into this ugly duckling.