Joaquin Phoenix Ending His Movie Career

NEW YORK - Joaquin Phoenix is quitting movies to focus on music.

"He has said that `Two Lovers' is his last. But this is not strange.
Joaquin has been directing music videos and been involved in music for
the last number of years," Susan Patricola, Phoenix's publicist, said
Friday.

Phoenix first talked about his decision to "Extra" this week while
attending a fundraiser in San Francisco, abruptly ending the interview
after the reporter wondered whether he was joking.