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Will “Walk the Line” star Joaquin Phoenix walk out of the business?

The moody actor, who plays Johnny Cash in the hit biopic, hinted to reporters that acting is so consuming he’s considering quitting.
“Getting into a character is very difficult for me because I step away from everything that makes me comfortable,” Phoenix told the London Mirror. “I show up with nothing in a strange hotel room in a strange city. I don’t know anybody. . . . I’d like a relationship — I’ve grown very tired of acting, the whole process, having to walk away from my life.”
Phoenix — who while playing the addicted Cash pulled a sink out of the wall even though it wasn’t in the script — checked into rehab shortly after the shoot. “It’s the best thing I ever did for myself,” he said. “Cash was addicted to pills, for me it was all about drinking.”

By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC