Joaquin Phoenix announced at a Paul Newman kids camp yesterday that he was quitting acting forever. No, man, he says he absolutely serious...that he wants to concentrate on "his music." Uh, what music?
"I want to take this opportunity ... to give you the exclusive and just talk a little bit about the fact that this will be my last performance as an actor," the two-time Oscar nominee told Extra. "I'm not doing films anymore."
The 34-year-old was referring to "Two Lovers," his latest film with Gwyneth Paltrow. He also said he's working on an album with The Charlatans but won't give any more details than that.
Phoenix first learned to play guitar for his Academy-Award-nominated role as the late country star Johnny Cash in 2005's 'Walk The Line' with Reese Witherspoon.
It's hard to know if he's punking Extra or not. If it's true, though, I give this retirement thing maybe two years. Joaquin will be back once he's dealt with whatever issues are on his mind right now.
