En intervju med Wil Wheaton (Stand By Me) medspelare:

Det är sorgligt att höra det han säger, men det är sant.

I en intervju med Wil säger han: 

How was it working with River Phoenix?

River was really, really cool. At the time, I looked up
to him because he was such a cool guy.

He was a wonderful actor, and a wonderful person, and it really
fucking sucks that nobody tried to stop him from becoming a complete junkie.

When I see the bullshit hacks who are passing for young,
hot actors these days, I really miss River. Because he was a
REAL actor, not a pre-packaged bunch of hype and marketing.