Joaquin Phoenix Says 'Bye! Good' to Acting

Joaquin Phoenix says 'Bye! Good' to Acting
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Joaquin Phoenix is leaving his acting career behind to pursue another avenue of entertainment – and he's putting it in writing.

Joaquin, 34, posed at the American Film Institute festival on Saturday with writing on his knuckles that read, "Bye! Good." The AFI festival in Los Angeles was premiering Steven Soderbergh's new film 'Che,' starring Benicio Del Toro.

The actor said at a recent event honoring Paul Newman that he is retiring from acting to focus on music!

Joaquin earned an Academy Award nomination for his role as Johnny Cash in 'Walk the Line.' He learned to play guitar and did his own singing for the film.

Published 11/2/08 by the Insider

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  • I like how he's taking his leave of the acting scene as serious as a 12 year old, what a loser
    Anonymous 7/22/09 Reply
  • Eu amo esse homem e ndada vai mudar.Sou fan sim
    Anonymous 2/20/09 Reply
  • Good for him!! It's a bit tragic for those of us who find him a wonderful (and beautiful!) actor but it's so refreshing that he's actually doing what is fulfilling for himself rather than enslave himself to a career that has become stagnant for him....
    Anonymous 2/14/09 Reply
  • Good actor, but good thing someone else coordinates special effects in his movies. Funny that he probably thought the "Good Bye!" thing so clever, and then messed it up by not thinking it through. No Einstein.
    Anonymous 2/12/09 Reply
  • Hi my name is Claudia am from Chile and Live in Tiburon, CA,
    I am a fun of Joaquin Phoenix, he is a very talent actor and I really, really thought that Joaquin was performing a completely different character as an actor on the Late Show. And even...
    Anonymous 2/12/09 Reply
  • Hi my name is Claudia am from Chile and Live in Tiburon, CA,
    I am a fun of Joaquin Phoenix, he is a very talent actor and I really, really thought that Joaquin was performing a completely different character as an actor on the Late Show. And even...
    Anonymous 2/12/09 Reply
  • ah!! gente da um tempo pra ele que o homem é lindo,deixa ele fazer o que quiser da vida.Eu amo esse homem
    Anonymous 2/10/09 Reply
  • Love yourmovies good look acting!
    Anonymous 1/12/09 Reply
  • Bye! Good, Joaquin.
    Anonymous 11/26/08 Reply
  • Poor guy...I guess it must look right when his hands are turned towards him, so he thought it looked right to everyone else...

    Heehee, Bye Good...
    Anonymous 11/21/08 Reply
  • This is great news... That guy is creepy and awkward to watch. Now if only a few dozen others that are just as bad would join him... the world would surely be a better place.
    Anonymous 11/5/08 Reply
  • ...did he make a mistake on which hand to write each word? I bet it was supposed to be "good bye!"...
    Anonymous 11/5/08 Reply
  • Typical Hollywood Idiot !!
    Anonymous 11/5/08 Reply
  • He saids "Good Bye!"

    He just wrote it wrong...

    Take your fists like he has and point them towards yourself... It says good bye... Point them out then... you get that picture...
    Anonymous 11/4/08 Reply
  • He is a good actor. Why in the world would someone with his career leave it? He is a good actor, thats ashame.
    Anonymous 11/4/08 Reply
    • Well, he's got plenty of money in the bank. He could retire today from everything. So as far as leaving his career, it's not such a big deal. And if the music thing doesn't work out, he can always go back to acting. He's good enough to get back in...
      Anonymous 11/4/08
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