"They came to me when they were little children, the whole family. I´ve had them since River was, like, nine. He was the most beautiful child you´ve ever seen, like a little Elvis." - Iris Burton, River´s agent

"When the wind blows, I see River. When the sun shines, I see River. When I look in someone´s eyes and make a connection, I see River. To have death transformed into another way to look at life is his huge gift" - Heart Phoenix

"He often said he wished he could just be anonymus, but he never was. When he wasn´t a movie star, he was a missionary." - Arlyn Phoenix-

"One time we were up in the mountains, and the clouds right up to the top of the mountain. River grabbed (my) arm and said,"We´re going to run and jump into these clouds and our whole past lives will dissolve, and everything will be new from then on.Hold on." And we did that....it was incredible, and we landed on this soft iceberg kind of ground covering. But we jumped through clouds, literally." - William Richert-

There was always an outsider quality to him. I think he must have felt that way somewhat, because his family was unusual and his name was unusual." -Joe Dante-

"We talked the entire day. One of the reasons I opened up to him is that I felt he did understand and felt how I did-not the same way, but the pain." - Michael parker, Inspiration for River´s character in MOPI-

"River Phoenix was a victim of the machine. The fame machine, the Hollywood machine, the selling machine, the money machine. And the machine is a liar." - Jim Barton Screenwriter, Dark blood -

"When I first met River, he had very long hair and he struck me-as he came out of an elevator-as an angel, some kind of supernatural being. An Angel could be Gabriel, but an angel could be Lucifer too. He could as readily delve into the deep dark recesses as he would fly up to the loftly illuminated places." - Bobby Bukowski, Dogfight-"

"I think River was like my late son. He was years ahead of his age. I think people like that are very vulnerable to....well, to other people. They are prey for the not so good." -Alan Bates, Silent tongue-

"He bought up acres and acres of forest. He did not invest in condos, he bought rain forests. He spent thousand and thousand of Dollars, just so they wouldn´t be cut down. That´s what he was doing with his money." - William Richert -

Ref.: imdb.com