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Joaquin Phoenix received top honors for his role in 'The Master'
Joaquin Phoenix received top honors from the London Critics' Circle Sunday, winning Best Actor for his role in "The Master."
Since the actor was unable to attend the ceremony, he wrote an acceptance speech that was read aloud, expressing disbelief in his win and even suggesting "Lincoln" actor Daniel Day-Lewis might have been a better choice.
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"I struggle with the idea of winning awards for acting," he wrote. "Stating I'm Best Actor for something as subjective as film seems strange to me. To the uninitiated it implies I'm solely responsible for the creation and implementation of the character. I am not."
Phoenix went on to thank co-stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams and director Paul Thomas Anderson before ending with the Day-Lewis comment.
"P.S. There's an up-and-coming actor named Daniel who's in a movie called 'Lincoln,'" he wrote. "You should check it out."
The often outspoken Phoenix has famously denounced award shows, once saying that the Oscars are "total and utter bull----" and calling the ceremony "the stupidest thing in the whole world."
Phoenix later back-tracked on those comments, saying that he wouldn't have the career that he has if it weren't for the Academy Awards honoring his films "Walk the Line" and "Gladiator."
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