

"I once told a journalist that girls call me `Kitten`, but I couldn`t have been more sarcastic, and no matter how many times I`ve said that it was a joke, it still doesn`t go away."."I wouldn`t feel satisfied being on set every day doing a romantic comedy - I`d be bored to death."."I don`t know why I always get to play these guys who have few redeeming features.I talk to other actors and they talk about how they cover things and I`m like, `Wow, that sounds amazing!`" I never learned, like, the fundamentals of what you`re probably supposed to do. "I mean, dude, how can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?".I mean, that`s just kind of the way it is."
#JOAQUIN PHOENIX MOVIE#

Phoenix lost over 50 pounds of weight to play the character of Joker, as the filmmakers wanted him to have a malnourished, wolf-like appearance.Joaquin Phoenix watched videos of people with uncontrollable laughter (a disorder), as inspiration for the Joker`s blood-curdling laugh in the film.

Joaquin Phoenix won the Oscar for Best Actor during the 92nd Academy Awards.His other releases include Leonardo (2018), directed by Phil Grabsky and Joker (2019), directed by Todd Phillips. His most recent projects have been The Immigrant (2013), Her (2013) and Inherent Vice (2014), all of which were blockbusters. Joaquin acted in a string of films like Walk the Line (2005), We Own the Night (2007), Two Lovers (2008) and The Master (2012), for which he won a London Film Critics` Circle Award for Actor of the Year. His other projects include films like Buffalo Soldiers (2001), Signs (2002), Its All About Love (2003) and Hotel Rwanda (2004). He received an abundance of acclamation in each of his box-office outings in the year 2000. However, what really put Joaquin on the road to stardom was his performance as Commodus in the epic Gladiator (2000), following which he also starred in The Yards (2000) and Quills (2000). He then went on to star in To Die For (1995), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), U-Turn (1997) and 8mm (1999). Joaquin Phoenix is an American actor who made his debut in SpaceCamp (1986), at the age of 9, following which he appeared in Russkies (1987) and Parenthood (1989).
