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can have another chance.
I'm just stuck
in the middle here.
At some point
you have to take it from your little nest
and put it in the world,
you know?
You gotta make it real.
whatever
f***ing door you can open.
I'm actually
trying to figure out what realistically
you'd actually do
as the next step.
So you do Vegas,
then you do like Chicago
- or whatever.
- Do Miami or something.
- And then?
- And then Russia.
How f***ing dope.
"The Hollywood Reporter" says
Joaquin Phoenix's musical career
kicks off with an appearance
here in Las Vegas tonight.
Phoenix is trying his hand
at being a rapper
with a CD to be produced by Sean
"Don't call me Diddy" Combs.
After announcing his retirement,
actor Joaquin Phoenix--
former actor that is-- is making
a comeback as a rapper.
Keeping you in the loop,
Las Vegas, the Oscar nominee
picks Vegas for his big rap debut.
He can spend
time up on the back ledge here,
working that entire "T."
Right now we're just waiting for him
to come down do the sound check,
make sure that everything's okay on their end
and we're good to go.
Sound check?
F*** these b*tches.
Piece-of-sh*t catwalk
for a stage?
And then these cocksuckers
want a f***ing free show
so they can just sit in there and watch
sound check? They can suck my dick.
If I forget a lyric
or if I hit a bad note
or my rhythm gets off,
that's on me.
And that's fair.
But why do I have so much pressure
in my f***ing life and everyone else
seems to be having fun
and on a free f***ing ride?
Can y'all hear me down there?
A.J.!
It's a crazy time
and it's real exciting and sh*t.
I'm nervous, but I'm glad
to share it with you.
This is our night.
It's not my night, this is our night.
J.P. is all of us.
Peace!
Joaquin Phoenix!
Left up, right up,
spin yourself around
Knees down, chest down,
f***ing on the ground
Get up, tits out,
shake 'em all around
Get your ass in the game
Left up, right up,
spin yourself around
Knees down, chest down,
f***ing on the ground
Get up, tits out,
shake 'em all around.
- Can I get a refund?
- What?
For this life of sin, let me try it again,
lemme hit it, man
I want my money back,
you know I can do better
If the devil let me off,
I swear to God I'm ready.
Pedal to the metal,
heading for the bay
Checking my lines and sh*t,
just prepping for this play.
"400 gawking tourists
held 400 camera phones
in the air to document
the moment.
Joaquin Phoenix dressed
in literal tatters
looked out at this and must have
- the end.
This is the only explanation
for his amateur pratfall offstage.
We mock our own failures,
as firemen burn a ring
around a wildfire
to prevent it from getting
any closer to the places we live."
But I-- whatever.
All in all, pretty good.
I mean, this one here:
"The rumor mills are now buzzing
that Joaquin Phoenix's
retirement from acting
and newfound career as a rapper
is all part of an elaborate hoax
that is being documented
by his brother-in-law Casey Affleck.
That doesn't exactly
put the matter to rest.
According to media reports,
Diddy is producing
Phoenix's rap album.
At first his rep said she was
unaware of his involvement,
an email saying,
at this time."'
Oh sh*t.
That's so f***ing cool.
Good to see you, man.
What's up?
How's it going? Sit down.
You want some water or something?
Actually yeah. I wanted to talk to you
the last time we were together.
When we were doing
the Nick Adams show?
But all of a sudden out
of nowhere, I turned
and you're telling this reporter
that you're quitting.
This is it. You're not going to do
any more acting
and that your performances
were over
and that you were going
to get into music?
I opened my mouth
and the f***ing words came out.
You know what I mean?
And I didn't expect that.
My music
makes people happy.
You know? And it's not
about whether somebody else likes it
or this person.
I'm not trying to--
you know--
appeal to everyone.
I'm...
You know, it's like...
f***.
To me...
that's me, that's you.
Drops of water.
And you're on top
of the mountain of success.
But one day you start
sliding down the mountain
and you think, "Wait a minute.
I'm a mountaintop water drop.
I don't belong in this valley,
in this river,
this low, dark ocean
with all these drops of water."
Yeah?
And you feel confused.
Then one day it gets hot
and you slowly
evaporate in the air.
Way up-- higher than
any mountaintop,
all the way to the heavens.
Then you understand
that it was at your lowest
that you were closest to God.
Because life's a journey
that goes around and around
and the end is closest
to the beginning.
So it's change you need,
relish the journey.
Be a drop of running water.
on your soul--
gravity,
evaporation, love,
creativity.
It's in the darkest
moments
is when the cracks
allow the inner light to come out.
But the spotlights--
don't let you see
the inner light.
But they're--
part of what it's about
is that's what it is--
is it's actually about revealing.
Yeah.
I don't really care
about things in this world.
You know?
That's not how I am.
To me it's all
f***ing illusion.
It's all fear and lust.
What do you fear?
You fear being mediocre.
You know?
You wanna be great.
You want to leave a mark.
I want to leave
something special on earth.
'Cause that's all that matters-- this earth
and what happens on this earth.
"Yes, there are places in the world
So please, my child, do keep in mind
before you go to bed
as big could ever dream to be,
Then dream a dream
10 times as big
As that one dream you see.
Then once you've got that dream in mind,
And not a million quiet dreams,
A million dreams
so loud they scream,
So loud they sing and shout!
So super-huge they say,
'Hey, world!
Guess what
I'm dreamin' about.'
that no one thought to wonder,
Dreams so big
that they've got dreams
And they got dreams
up under.
And if they say that all your dreams
are too big to come true,
You tell them that I told you,
'That's what dreams
are meant to do!'
They're meant to make you seem
as if you don't know
Up from down,
Because dreams are dreams
And that's why dreams
Pretty awesome book.
Wait, so you call her
and she says,
"Oh, we're going to the inauguration
and having a ball--"
Maybe after the inauguration
it'd be better.
Did they say that?
Did you ask?
No, because I didn't want to push.
I wanted to find out--
What do you mean push it, dude?
I'm doing him a f***ing favor.
I'm sure after the inauguration
we can go in the studio.
What f***ing planet
do you f***ing live on?
What don't you
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