I hope he is joking.

I'm sorry, but I would like to see Julia Roberts in nothing, ever again.

Joaquin. NO!

Joaquin Phoenix was joking right? He wasn't serious?

Julia I love You

i can't believe joaquin is quitting acting!!!! he's one of the best actors of his generation. i am sad. i can't believe we'll be left with a-holes acting in his place...

Yeah, Joaquin is awesome.

Maybe he'll pull a Skeet Ulrich in a few years and come back after saying that he wouldn't.

hopefully he'll have a career to come back to. i don't want to see him on the small screen ala skeet. he's way too talented for the boob tube.

i was a huge river phoenix fan and was gutted when he died. it was nice to see his beloved brother take up the mantle but to see him leave in his prime. just sad as far as movies go.

who's left of his generation? i can't think of one person off the top of my head with his acting chops...

Jude C, I'm with ya, if I don't see Julia in anything anymore I wouldn't mind but Joaquin?? So sad.

Joaquin had a really unique talent--it's hard to think of someone else comparable.

He has got to be kidding. He just...has to be. He is definitely the best actor of his generation. I hope he at least keeps working until he finally gets the Oscar he deserves so much.
On the other hand, I'd love to see what kind of music career he's planning on. I loved his singing in Walk the Line, even if it was supposed to sound like Johnny. I think Joaquin could be great musically, if that's what he wants to do.

Umm...is Julia preggers again?

Maybe Joaquin is trying to create buzz for himself. Kind of like a store saying they are going out of business then after they have a grand reopening.

He has no future projects, so maybe it could actually be the end? Nooooo.

Yeah right, Joaquin.

Oh gawd on so many levels. Please Joaquin - say it ain't so!

happy birthday, julia!

Julia is gorgeous with a range

Joaquin can't quit! He's so talented! I hope it's a Punk'd style joke or something...

Happy Birthday Julia

Julia does look preggers here. Love Rita Wilson. And Joaquin can't quit acting, he just can't.

Happy B-day Joaquin!

And I really hope he is joking.

Oh My! Off topic, but I totally forgot that Sean Penn was back with his wife? I wonder what kind of woman she is to be able to take him back time after time.

Interesting turn of events...

And "awkward" cannot even begin to describe that encounter.

yeah hole in the wall!

for those old enough to remember river...

joaquin needs to get his act together. part of me thinks he's dealing with the knowledge that it's almost fifteen years to the day since losing his brother. he knows the pain of what can happen at the viper room. i hope he's not turning a blind eye to his wellbeing.

That is a whole barrel full of talent up there...love them all!
It's good to see the real magic makers for a change.

Did anyone else not think that he was speaking weird? He was almost slurring, really... is he on something?

The great part about any kind of entertainment is you can alway change your mind later. It may feel right for Juaquin to retire now and pursue music or something else, but he can always come back later regardless of what he says now. Things are subject to change.
even in 3 5, 7 years or more.

I was in the original performance when they did it at Lincoln Center. Julia is so wonderful!!!!

"No one wants to see an old hooker!" - I couldn't have said it better Julia

Julia definitely looks pregnant again.

I bet Joaquin won't really retire...he'll come back in a few years.

I don't get all the Julia Roberts hate. It seems to be only because she is America's Sweetheart. In the 90s she was obviously loved becuase people went to see her movies. And if you've seen her Letterman interviews she's so charsmatic and charming. So what if she's not Meryl Streep? She never said she was. She's still good at what she does. Oh and she is so pregnant. You wear something like that and you start rumors.

Joaquin is on drugs. It's obvious. He needs help. He's got issues. He didn't like when that guy was laughing at him. Apparently he yelled "that guy's an a-hole" after walking out, according to reports.

I hope Joaquin´s news are not true.

Wow, Joaquin would really really be missed . He's a great actor. I just saw "We Own the Night" a little while ago and it wasn't the best movie, but Joaquin was awesome in it. And Walk the Line?? Tragic. Hopefully he will change his mind.

I don't get the Julia hate either. No matter how many bad movies she does I'll always love her for her RomComs of the 90s.

seriously - joaquin is going to quit acting to be a musician? um...good luck with that i guess. i don't know what to say about that one. you do one movie that has music in it and all of a sudden you think that you can sing? i guess he's got something new to work on. as for Julia - she cracks me up - i love her, and i can't wait to see what else she's in coming up!

Oh, please say Joaquin is just in a weird mood. I can't live without the promise of another Joaquin movie!!!

i had heard joaquin was focusing on music but i didn't realize he was getting out of acting for good. too bad because he truely is a talent. but maybe music is just where he needs to be right now.. maybe someone will tempt him back to acting with a killer role in a few years!

and by killer i don't mean murderer haha i mean awesome. (sorry had to clarify because joaquin does play dark roles, but i didn't mean it like that!)

He's saying that now but he'll definitely be back.

What was that? I almost did not understand a single word he was saying. It looked so.. unreal? Like, everything? Like, made up? That was weird!!

better than the alternative...at least he's going to be still out there doing something and hopefully at some stage acting again

Ovenmitt is right... he needs to clean himself up. He was clearly on something, he could barely even talk!

If he is quitting to focus on music it's not going to be pretty. Hollywood isn't exactly a place that encourages people to stay straight but the music world is just going to send him down a horrible path.

I'm not anti-partying, but if you can't keep yourself inline you've gotta stay out of it. How sad after watching his brother take himself out that way.

He's a great actor and will be missed on the screen (if its true), but more than anything i hope he is just alright.

''don't get all the Julia Roberts hate. It seems to be only because she is America's Sweetheart. In the 90s she was obviously loved becuase people went to see her movies''

Most of her movies, if not all, were flops after Pretty woman. They only reason she was still in the limelight was because of her private life. Its only a couple of years after with ''My best friend's wedding'' that she regained popularity.

I just think she's overrated because she's not beautiful to my taste at all--looks like a big ugly horse to me--and she tends to be in the kind of movies that bore me to tears.

That has got to be one of the most awkward interviews I've ever seen in my life. Makes me uncomfortable for the reporter just watching it.

To not like somebody because you don't think they are attractive makes you appear shallow. Who says every star has to look like a perfect super model? Part of Julia's appeal is she is not like that. She is the normal, girl next door who wears jeans. and juicy you are wrong about Julia. She may have had a few failures, who hasn't but you're talking about a couple years in the mid 90s, she is technically the biggest female movie star EVER. Not just Pretty Woman, My Best Friends Wedding, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, Erin Brockovich were all HUGE hits just because of her. Even Mona Lisa Smile did well because of her. No actress before or since has had her success whether you want to admit it or not.

And she seems like a perfectly lovely person. Just watch her Letterman interviews. So charming. People like to tear down people that are on top. She is not part of the Hollywood scene, like Paul Newman she lives a non glamourous life on a ranch with her family, not caring about the shallow world of Hollywood. I think that's commendable, especially in a world that glorifies the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

''She is the normal, girl next door who wears jeans. and juicy you are wrong about Julia. She may have had a few failures, who hasn't but you're talking about a couple years in the mid 90s, she is technically the biggest female movie star EVER. Not just Pretty Woman, My Best Friends Wedding, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, Erin Brockovich were all HUGE hits just because of her. Even Mona Lisa Smile did well because of her. No actress before or since has had her success whether you want to admit it or not.''

You clearly misundersttod my post. I replied to the person who said a lot of people went to see her movies in the 90's. Whether you want to admit it or no,t not all her movies her successful for a period of times in the 90's, she had a couple of flops in a row. Mary Reilly, I love Trouble, Dying young, Hook, Pret-a-porter, Everyone says I love you and Michael Collins. Of course, you really, really like this actress. So you ignore those movies.