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Vegan Actor Phoenix Says Farewell
Vegan actor Joaquin Phoenix quits movie biz.
October 30, 2008
Longtime vegan actor and activist Joaquin Phoenix has bid farewell to Hollywood. Phoenix, the narrator of “Earthlings”—a feature-length documentary about humanity’s dependence on farm animals—plans to focus on music. In an interview with Extra’s Jerry Penacoli, he says “This will be my last performance as an actor… I’m not doing films anymore… I’m done. I’ve been through that.”
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