Joaquin Phoenix was born in a sinister religious group when his whole family was part of during the 70s Phoenix his parents and his four siblings spent their time traveling with the group through the United States but after his parents saw the menacing practices of the group they decided to escape and move to LA but even after they escaped things were hard his parents struggled with poverty and there was a time when the entire family was homeless the whole family used to sleep in a car parked in a friend's driveway they also used to live in one-bedroom apartment no kids allowed and the Phoenix family had five kids so when the owner came to visit the kids had to hide behind a laundry machine and stay hidden for hours and there's a way to provide food for the poor family the children used to perform on the streets and at many talent shows so they were soon discovered by an agent and started acting in commercials and TV shows especially Phoenix and his brother River they had a bright future ahead of them but one tragedy devastated the family when Phoenix was just 19 years old he made the painful 9-1-1 call to save his brother River from overdosing but sadly his brother didn't make it watching his brother die was one of the most painful and traumatizing experiences that led him to retreat from the public for a year but after returning to his acting career Phoenix established himself as a serious and passionate actor but his passionate devotion to movie roles turned him into an alcoholic playing the role of an addict for the movie walk the line began to affect his life in a big way so in 2005 he checked into rehab for his work as an actor Phoenix has received a Grammy Award a Golden Globe and three Oscar nominations and with every new role he is constantly pushing boundaries so he is the lead role in of the most anticipated movies of 2019 joker but even though he's an actor for more than 30 years he still gets nauseous the day before he films he opened up that he suffers from anxiety he's uncontrollably shaking physically nervous and terrified on every film set every time and he was initially scared to take on the Joker role but if he is so terrified of starting to film another movie why he returns on acting every time because he loves what he does so much so he faces his fears every day if he allowed his fear to hold him back we would never know about Phoenix today so don't let fear stand in the way of your greatness we all have things we love to do but we let fear control our decisions we are terrified of messing things up we are terrified of failing what other people might think so the result is not doing what we love and that's sad there are so many people who have turned down amazing opportunities because they were scared and anxious you can't wait until you're not afraid to go after the thing you want that's not how it works you will never stop being afraid being afraid is not a bad thing it means you care but if you let your fear completely paralyze your growth you wake up one day filled with regret so it doesn't matter how uncomfortable or painful it is get out of your comfort zone do something risky do something that terrifies you look the fear in the face do it to learn to change trust me with every challenge your confidence will start to grow you deserve to live your life to the fullest and enjoy every moment remember feel the fear and do it anyway so what's your story you
