Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman

[crazyquiverlips]

What is this? Why is he giving up acting and doing hip hop?

 

[kmac30]

was an article somewhere a few months ago about him giving up acting b/c he's done and wants to focus on his music

 

[JuniorHorn11]

david letterman tore him up.

 

[JuniorHorn11]

The Link

 

[veggieboy]

two words...Andy Kaufman

 

[doylehargraves]

Comical at first, but ultimately pretty sad. I think.

 

[CanaTigers]

The dude is weird and he is struggling to pull this off. Andy Kaufman was much more convincing.

 

[PipFunatUT]

y i thought andy also.

 

[Orange Salad Ranch]

There's no way that isn't fake and staged.

 

[p_town_horn]

I think that had to be real. That is the most uncomfortable I have ever seen anyone in their own skin.

The phrase 'slow motion trainwreck' comes to mind.

 

[rickysrun]

Cocaine is a helluva drug

 

[Murphy'sBoy]

I did like the part when he stuck his gum under Letterman's desk.

 

[trueut2003]

I actually thought that was pretty funny.

 

[texas_ex2000]

Completely staged. Casy Affleck, his best friend, is producing a mockumentary about "his journey." You know that Letterman appearance will be a central part of the movie. I actually think he's pretty funny.

 

[LITNIN HORN]

Joaquin threw the party for Michael Phelps.

 

[YoLaDu]

that was brilliant. Totally a performance piece.

"Joaquin, i wish you could have been here with us tonight."

Classic.

 

[Austintxusa]

I believed it until I read that Casey Affleck was following him around with a camera, recording everything.

Staged or not it was hilarious.

 

[Horns83]

He's either on some serious drugs or is doing an absolutely unbelievable acting job.

 

[HornCyclist]

This was all very fascinating to me, so I delved around the intergoogles for a while. This rolling stone article/blog made me think that it's a hoax. It was written before the Letterman interview.
The Link

 

[Theo Huxtable]

How the hell can anyone think that was real?

 

[crash_davis]

he's going full retard.

 

[KEYSERSOZE]

That was funny as hell. Letterman's comment about the Unibomber was a classic.