Mikey Waters

Mike Waters (played by River Phoenix) is a fictional character in Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. He is a sensitive, homeless hustler who suffers from narcolepsy, directly foiling his best friend and love interest, Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves), who is a type-A personality hustler from a rich, influential family. Mike, a vagabond searching for his mother, proclaims himself as a "connoisseur of roads" because he has been "tasting roads all [his] life."

Mikey Waters

Mike Waters (played by River Phoenix) is a fictional character in Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. He is a sensitive, homeless hustler who suffers from narcolepsy, directly foiling his best friend and love interest, Scott Favor (Keanu Reeves), who is a type-A personality hustler from a rich, influential family. Mike, a vagabond searching for his mother, proclaims himself as a "connoisseur of roads" because he has been "tasting roads all [his] life."