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TV Chit Chat - October 2008

Joaquin Phoenix quits acting

October 30th 2008 16:08

That's right, at the red carpet benefit for the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, a charity founded by Paul Newman, the actor told E! Online reporter Jason Kennedy that:
["Two Lovers", his romantic drama with Gwyneth Paltrow] will be my last performance as an actor. I'm not doing films anymore... I've been through that. I've done it... I'm dead serious.


From Yahoo:
Phoenix is apparently giving up acting to pursue music, a passion of his since he learned to play guitar to play the role of Johnny Cash in 2005's "Walk the Line." According to Billboard, Phoenix is working on an album with Tim Burgess, frontman for the UK group The Charlatans. Burgess said, "Once he learnt guitar he found that he had quite a lot of demons inside himself that he wanted to expel through music.


Wow...even though I'm excited to hear his music (I loved Walk The Line), I'm really sad to see him go as an actor. There was just something about his quiet vulnerability that was amazing on screen. Don't go Joaquin! I miss you already! Couldn't you just take a break for a while? Oh well, I wish him all the best in his music career, and can't wait to see what he comes out with!

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Comment by Morgan Bell

October 30th 2008 16:39


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oh no!
hes one of my favourites . . . i hope he reconsiders later in life, or does a Jodie Foster and just selects one film per year . . .

Comment by Meggie

October 30th 2008 16:48


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Yes! Me too..I could live with one a year.

Comment by Bryn

October 31st 2008 04:24


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NO!!! he's one of my favourite actors!!
I'm not interested in his music. I don't care. It's his character acting that I love!!!
Now we'll have lost two Phoenix's to the acting world before their time, so to speak.

Comment by Meggie

October 31st 2008 04:28


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I know! I hope he ends up deciding to do both. I'm really going to miss the characters he can bring alive.

Comment by brandon 1

October 31st 2008 07:14
Good, I hate this guy as an actor!! I don't know why, I think it was the movie "King Arthur", but this guy is just too "body language" weird for me. I get those bad vibes from him.

Anyways, I'm sure to get some heat from this post, but I'm sticking with what I said. He comes across as a shady guy, beyond his acting abilities.

Comment by Meggie

October 31st 2008 07:19


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I'm slightly confused Brandon, as he wasn't in "King Arthur"...could you elaborate? And as always everyone's entitled to their opinion and I'll never hold it against you. Thanks for stopping by!

Comment by Bryn

October 31st 2008 08:56


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Perhaps Brandon is confusing him with Heath Ledger ...??

Comment by Anonymous

October 31st 2008 15:14
He's been Gladiator, Signs, Ladder 49- he's a great actor

Comment by Meggie

October 31st 2008 16:53


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The Village, We Own The Night...

Comment by brandon 1

October 31st 2008 20:10
I appologize, it was the movie "Gladiator".

And there was no confusion between him and Heath Ledger. Heath was one of my favorite actors...

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Comment by Meggie

October 31st 2008 20:13


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No worries.

Comment by Cheryl J

November 1st 2008 08:48


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It will be a big loss. I think maybe Brandon is confusing him with Ioan Gruffudd or even Clive Owen.

PS: all blog owners please DELETE AND IGNORE all the comments made ANYONE WITH A SHOE TITLE IN THEIR NAME like TIMBALAND BOOTS and UGG AUSTRALIA BOOTS and NIKE and AIR JORDAN. They are SPAMMERS and they're hitting everyone! You will notice their comments are repeats of others. If you click on them it takes you to a show selling site and they've hit so many blogs.

PISS OFF YOU PARASITES!!

Sorry about that Meggie, they've hit my blogs a number of times over the past few days. Usually I'm quick but they keep getting through.

Comment by Meggie

November 1st 2008 18:20


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Thanks Cheryl, I was beginning to wonder...ARGH! That's so annoying!!

Comment by slacko

November 28th 2008 01:59


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Dam, he was one of my favourites.. I won't be interested in his music though. Sad to hear that

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