October 30th 2008
Vegan Actor Joaquin Phoenix Retires From The Movie Business
Filed under: green and famous — Michael Parrish DuDell @ 11:37 am
There are about a million reasons to love Joaquin Phoenix . He’s a talented actor, a soulful musician and a dedicated activist! Joaquin has been a vegan longer than I’ve been alive and works hard to spread awareness about the joys of a vegetarian lifestyle. Earlier this month, we mentioned that Phoenix had narrated my new favorite documentary, Earthlings, that friend of Ecorazzi, Persia White, helped produce! But was that one of Phoenix’s last films?
Phoenix recently told Extra, “I want to take this opportunity…to give you the exclusive … that this will be my last performance as an actor… I’m not doing films anymore.” Phoniex continued, “Yeah. I’m working on my music. I’m done. I’ve been through that.”
Extra’s Jerry Penacoli, asked fellow-vegan Casey Affleck who was standing next to Phoenix, “I take it that he’s kidding?” Affleck responded, “I don’t think he’s kidding. He’s got music and stuff.”
Joaquin was being followed by his own camera crew when he broke the news, so peeps are a bit skeptical, but it sounds to me like he’s pretty serious. What do you think Ecorazzi readers? Will Phoenix ditch his film career for the music scene? Chime in and share your thoughts!
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My thoughts? That you missed the #2 reason to love him: he’s damn sexy. (animal lover/vegan being #1, of course)
He’s never been media savvy and he deserves a break. Lets face it, he’s the best actor in Hollywood but he’s also only human, so if he feels he doesn’t want this life anymore then it is ultimately his decision and I support it.
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Whatever he decides to do, he will be great in. He is definitely a talented and sexy actor. I wish him well and I hope he takes care of himself. I definitely want to see him around for a long time.
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