SURELY HE'S JOAQUIN

The strike by the Writer's Guild of America is certainly hitting home, and affecting some more than others. The Golden Globes became the Golden Balls-Up without the men behind the scenes who write the actors' carefully-scripted ad-libs and some stars are remaining tight-lipped in public, scared of revealing that they are actually unable to speak without a printed script before them and their motivation carefully explained.

Not so Joaquin Phoenix, winner of the People's Choice award for Favorite (sic) Leading Man. In this clip he makes a witty point (in a Dylan style) about the importance of the writers to the actors out there. Because without them, actors wouldn't be able to perform, earn vast wages or even spell their own names right.

'I'm Joaqin?'

Four possibilities.

1. He's actually a funny laidback guy, making a pun on the word 'joking'.

2. He can't spell his own name.

3. He's so drunk that he thinks he's in his bathroom playing poker with a six-foot rabbit.

4. He got one of his minions to write the cards for him. Which brings us back to the importance of writers...