Joaquin Phoenix.
Joaquin Phoenixstruggled with his big Oscar moment.
TheJokerstar won Best Actor at the 2020 Academy Awards for his portrayal of the Batman villain. In anew interview with U.K.’s theSunday Times, Phoenix admitted that he found the experience of making a speech at the ceremony terrifying.
“I did not want to get up anywhere and do anything. I was not excited about the opportunity. It’s just not who I am. I was full of fear,” Phoenix said.
“I was in that situation and there was a part of me that just wanted to say, ‘Thanks so much, great, goodnight,’ " Phoenix, 46, recalled. “But I felt like I had to . . .If I’m up here, I can’t just thank my mom.”
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The actor went on to give an emotional speech that touched on the “distressing issues” that the world is facing, but said that he sees them as more of a unifying factor than a dividing one, urging everyone to live with love and compassion.
“I’ve been a scoundrel all my life. I’ve been selfish. I’ve been cruel at times, hard to work with, and I’m grateful that so many of you in this room have given me a second chance,” he told the audience at the time. “And I think that’s when we’re at our best, when we support each other. Not when we cancel each other out for past mistakes, but when we help each other grow, when we educate each other, when we guide each other towards redemption. That is the best of humanity.”
“When he was when he was 17, my brother wrote this lyric,” he went on. “He said, ‘Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.'”
source: people.com
