“Up for ‘Running on Empty’, in 1989, Phoenix attended his first (and only) Academy

“Up for ‘Running on Empty’, in 1989, Phoenix attended his first (and only) Academy Awards ceremony. Although he looked the part in his tux, he was clearly not comfortable in the spotlight. 

“The hype? No, that really means nothing to me. It’s more the history of the award that makes it special,” he tells a reporter when asked if he enjoyed the hype of the event.”

— Interview for ET at the Oscars ceremony, March 1989.