"People think the Popes are like my family, but they aren't," says Phoenix. "My parents were never on the run. We moved because we couldn't pay the rent or something. My parents would sympathise with the Popes, but they are pacifists. My mother would never throw a bomb. It's just not in her nature. Also, my family is brutally honest with one another. We don't hide our feelings the way the Popes did. And I don't think letting go would ever hurt my family. It's the other way round really. We've never had this kind of stable family life before and I'm enjoying it. I like coming home and having members of my family around. And," he adds, with an unexpected twinkle in his eyes, "the food is awfully good."

                                                      River Phoenix – The Face July 1989

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