“River loved to embrace friends in massive bear hugs, sometimes surprising them by lunging at them from behind. But if someone hugged him, he’d quickly squirm away. He wanted any embraces to be on his terms.”
— Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind by Gavin Edwards
Well, I don’t know. I mean… I mean, for me, I could love someone even if I, you know, wasn’t paid for it… I love you, and… you don’t pay me. My Own Private Idaho (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant