Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquín Rafael Phoenix, known formerly as Leaf Phoenix, is an American actor, producer, music video director, musician and activist. For his work as an artist, Phoenix has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth28 October 1974
CountryUnited States of America
conveys few found gateway learn learned singing speaking voice
You learn so much about him through his lyrics. He conveys so much with just a few lines. That was the gateway into discovering John. I feel like I found the speaking voice through the singing voice and really learned a lot about him through his music.
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I went out and bought every album I could, ... It was interesting to get his early music and hear how an artist develops. And I found the music was the gateway to Johnny. I found his speaking voice through his singing voice.
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He was an amazing man. He really ended up being the voice of the voiceless, the people that many would just as soon forget about or pretend they don't exist. John spoke up for them. He spoke from the heart with sheer honesty. He seemed to have no regrets, and that's unique, especially nowadays with celebrities, when everyone's so concerned about their image and saying the right thing to maintain their following. John said what he felt regardless of whether it was popular or not.
later lines scenes singing voice work
Because of all the scenes of him writing songs, it wouldn't work to have me singing the lines while he's writing, and then have his voice come out later onstage,
voice singing gateways
That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.
rarely
Things are rarely as exciting or dramatic as we make them out to be in the press.
true work
There's really nothing I can do about that. My work is to just make the film and try to make it as true as possible.
certainly learning loved music opened played
I've always loved music, but I never really played anything. After 'Walk the Line' and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.
based conversation depends imagination perhaps
Sometimes a character is really based on research that you do. Other times it's just based on your imagination or perhaps your conversation with the director. Or sometimes all of the above. It depends on the movie and character.
fascinated
I was fascinated that this was the same person.
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I was excited by how heavily involved Jim Mangold had been with John in writing the script and how Jim was determined to get it right. That really meant a lot. It took some of the pressure off, because John was someone whose integrity you could always sense. People appreciated John's genuineness.
john rehearsed simple
John wasn't (Jimi) Hendrix. It was real simple ... we rehearsed a lot.
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John was a storyteller, ... He wasn't very metaphorical, he wasn't really abstract.
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Johnny moved on stage in very specific ways, he had a specific guitar strum that contributed to the energy of his performances.