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Kelly P
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:05 am Post subject: UK Interview-Exploring his dark side |
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I got this off of IMDB board.Here is the link to the interview.Take care
This is Nottingham Interview Link
Exploring his dark side
He won acclaim for his portrayal of Johnny Cash in Walk The Line but Joaquin Phoenix is not about to take himself too seriously.
With his hands as jittery as his speech, Joaquin Phoenix immediately lives up to his reputation as being one of Hollywood's most intense stars. 'I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes,' he says.
The last time Phoenix worked with James Gray, the director commented: 'He has an inner Beelzebub.' That was seven years ago on New York underworld thriller The Yards. Now they're back together in We Own The Night, an equally compelling crime film set in the same city in the late 1980s.
You might say it was a case of better the devil you know, as Phoenix not only reunites with Gray but also his Yards co-star Mark Wahlberg. They play brothers on opposite sides of the law: Bobby (Phoenix) is a club manager embroiled in the local Russian mafia; Joseph (Wahlberg) is a captain in the police force who, after raiding his sibling's hot spot, sets in motion a chain of tragic events.
The overtones are Shakespearean, and Gray has cited Henry IV as an influence - not that Phoenix had a clue. 'I didn't read Henry IV,' he laughs. 'I don't know Shakespeare! I'm not a serious actor. Directors always make references, and I go: "Ah, I'll check it out," and I never, ever do. I'm incredibly lazy.'
This honesty makes the 33-year-old an appealing actor to interview. Today, he's in the mood to demythologise the Hollywood hype that surrounds his profession. 'I'm so sick and tired of actors saying they had nightmares,' he says. 'I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors who say they're affected by something, that they take it home with them, they're just trying to get nominated for an Oscar.'
After receiving an Academy nomination for his weedy emperor in Gladiator, Phoenix picked up a second for his spot-on Johnny Cash in Walk The Line - just months after a spell in rehab. Yet not once did you see Phoenix milk this for a shot at Oscar glory.
Phoenix prefers to bare his soul on screen rather than in the media - something that can be traced to the night in 1993 when his elder brother, Stand By Me star River, died of a drugs overdose outside LA's Viper Room club. It was Joaquin who called the emergency services as his sibling lay dying in his arms, and it was his distressed words that were broadcast the world over. What with this, and a much-publicised break-up with Liv Tyler after three years together, Phoenix was understandably wary of the media.
'I think people have this misperception that I dislike the press,' he says now. 'I don't dislike the press. I just don't enjoy sitting and answering questions. It's just a personal thing for me.'
That said, as he bounces back and forth between subjects, he's far from monosyllabic. In part, he has no choice;
We Own The Night gives him his first credit as a producer. 'It was after the success of Walk The Line that I was able to do this movie,' he says. 'Otherwise, they wouldn't have financed a movie of this budget, which wasn't much. It was $20million or something.' He stops for a second. 'Was I not supposed to say that? Is that cool? Can you believe this... I've been doing it forever, and I still don't know what's right and what's not. I'm constantly putting my foot in my mouth.'
It's moments like this that show while films such as Signs and The Village have turned him into an A-list property, he doesn't behave like one. Neither does he live like one - a product of his hippy upbringing by parents who allowed him to quit school when he was nine to concentrate on his acting. For the most part, he says the paparazzi leave him alone now. 'I don't think I have the lifestyle that is tabloid-worthy in some ways, which is great,' he says.
Certainly Phoenix has kept his head down as far as his relationships have gone of late - so much so that gossip columnists were reduced to suggesting he was dating his We Own The Night co-star Eva Mendes after they were sighted having dinner together.
You'd have to go all the way back to 1997's Inventing The Abbotts, where he met Tyler, to see Phoenix attempting to tout himself as the romantic interest in a film. 'I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to f**king death,' he says now. 'For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.'
Still, Phoenix is currently filming romantic drama Two Lovers, opposite Gwyneth Paltrow. It reunites him with Gray for a third time: expect to see the actor free-falling off that building once more - with or without a parachute.
We Own The Night (15) opens on December 14.
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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23425386-details/Exploring+his+dark+side/article.do
Exploring his dark side
By James Mottram, Metro 03.12.07
Partners in crime: Joaquin Phoenix plays a troubled club manager in his new film, We Own The Night, a New-York based thriller co-starring Eva Mendes
With his hands as jittery as his speech, Joaquin Phoenix immediately lives up to his reputation as being one of Hollywood's most intense stars. 'I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes,' he says.
The last time Phoenix worked with James Gray, the director commented: 'He has an inner Beelzebub.' That was seven years ago on New York underworld thriller The Yards. Now they're back together in We Own The Night, an equally compelling crime film set in the same city in the late 1980s.
You might say it was a case of better the devil you know, as Phoenix not only reunites with Gray but also his Yards co-star Mark Wahlberg. They play brothers on opposite sides of the law: Bobby (Phoenix) is a club manager embroiled in the local Russian mafia; Joseph (Wahlberg) is a captain in the police force who, after raiding his sibling's hot spot, sets in motion a chain of tragic events.
The overtones are Shakespearean, and Gray has cited Henry IV as an influence - not that Phoenix had a clue. 'I didn't read Henry IV,' he laughs. 'I don't know Shakespeare! I'm not a serious actor. Directors always make references, and I go: "Ah, I'll check it out," and I never, ever do. I'm incredibly lazy.'
This honesty makes the 33-year-old an appealing actor to interview. Today, he's in the mood to demythologise the Hollywood hype that surrounds his profession. 'I'm so sick and tired of actors saying they had nightmares,' he says. 'I feel an obligation to set the record straight. Actors who say they're affected by something, that they take it home with them, they're just trying to get nominated for an Oscar.'
After receiving an Academy nomination for his weedy emperor in Gladiator, Phoenix picked up a second for his spot-on Johnny Cash in Walk The Line - just months after a spell in rehab. Yet not once did you see Phoenix milk this for a shot at Oscar glory.
Phoenix prefers to bare his soul on screen rather than in the media - something that can be traced to the night in 1993 when his elder brother, Stand By Me star River, died of a drugs overdose outside LA's Viper Room club. It was Joaquin who called the emergency services as his sibling lay dying in his arms, and it was his distressed words that were broadcast the world over. What with this, and a much-publicised break-up with Liv Tyler after three years together, Phoenix was understandably wary of the media.
'I think people have this misperception that I dislike the press,' he says now. 'I don't dislike the press. I just don't enjoy sitting and answering questions. It's just a personal thing for me.'
That said, as he bounces back and forth between subjects, he's far from monosyllabic. In part, he has no choice;
We Own The Night gives him his first credit as a producer. 'It was after the success of Walk The Line that I was able to do this movie,' he says. 'Otherwise, they wouldn't have financed a movie of this budget, which wasn't much. It was $20million or something.' He stops for a second. 'Was I not supposed to say that? Is that cool? Can you believe this... I've been doing it forever, and I still don't know what's right and what's not. I'm constantly putting my foot in my mouth.'
It's moments like this that show while films such as Signs and The Village have turned him into an A-list property, he doesn't behave like one. Neither does he live like one - a product of his hippy upbringing by parents who allowed him to quit school when he was nine to concentrate on his acting. For the most part, he says the paparazzi leave him alone now. 'I don't think I have the lifestyle that is tabloid-worthy in some ways, which is great,' he says.
Certainly Phoenix has kept his head down as far as his relationships have gone of late - so much so that gossip columnists were reduced to suggesting he was dating his We Own The Night co-star Eva Mendes after they were sighted having dinner together.
You'd have to go all the way back to 1997's Inventing The Abbotts, where he met Tyler, to see Phoenix attempting to tout himself as the romantic interest in a film. 'I wouldn't feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I'd be bored to f**king death,' he says now. 'For me, I'd rather have an intense experience than not.'
Still, Phoenix is currently filming romantic drama Two Lovers, opposite Gwyneth Paltrow. It reunites him with Gray for a third time: expect to see the actor free-falling off that building once more - with or without a parachute.
We Own The Night (15) opens on December 14.
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Good read, Jindra! Thanks for sharing! I just love that man, don't we all!!! Reba
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I merged the topics cause Kelly had already posted the article.
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I am sorry Sabine. I have checked the site, but obviously not properly enough.
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No problem, that sometimes happens to me too. Those articles are sometimes so similar...
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| Bine wrote: |
| No problem, that sometimes happens to me too. Those articles are sometimes so similar... |
You know, I wanted to be a bit more active :) As I am not very much in last few days.
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Great articule girls Thank you  xxxx |
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That article was also in The Metro on Monday 3rd Dec. (free daily London paper).
I have 2 copies......nice whole page spread with a tiny pic of Joaquin on front page also.
I don't have a scanner but believe me it's the same article.
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| Karen wrote: |
That article was also in The Metro on Monday 3rd Dec. (free daily London paper).
I have 2 copies......nice whole page spread with a tiny pic of Joaquin on front page also.
I don't have a scanner but believe me it's the same article. |
It looks, that some journalists just write what they find on internet.
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