If you look up and revisit the list of names mentioned in the first paragraph, I think it’s fair to say that he is regularly successful in looking for filmmakers with unique vision. There are a lot of auteurs who have successfully made movies that are instantly identifiable via their special signatures and flairs.

The actor was promoting the mockumentary 'I'm Still Here' when he delivered one of the strangest interviews ever recorded for late night television.

J oker star Joaquin Phoenix recently returned to The Late Show after a whopping 15 years — but something else also happened: he apologized for his infamous David Letterman interview from 2009 that took place on the show before Letterman turned the reins over to Stephen Colbert.

On Tuesday night, the star said that he originally did the pre-interview in character and “I realized that it was just a little silly, so I called them back and I said, ‘Listen, this is what I’m doing. I’m coming out here and I’m doing this whole thing.’”

Joaquin Phoenix deeply regrets his infamous David Letterman interview. The “Joker” actor, 50, appeared” Tuesday and looked back on the infamous exchange he had with Letterman, 78, in the same NYC studio over 15 years ago.

Joaquin Phoenix memorably appeared on 'The Late Show' to speak with David Letterman in 2009 while in character for a 2010 mockumentary he and Casey Affleck made

He appeared in character for his Casey Affleck-helmed mockumentary 'I'm Still Here', which saw Phoenix quitting acting to pursue a hip-hop career.