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"I’m shy. People get confused. They think as an actor you can get up and be confident on the screen. “Why aren’t you like this in normal life? Why can’t you act in your social life?” Because I can’t!"
-- Heath Ledger (quote from NY Post, 2001)
Heath Ledger, GQ magazine, Australia (2003)
Ledger died on 22 January 2008 from an accidental "toxic combination of prescription drugs". A few months before his death, Ledger had finished filming his penultimate performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight. His death occurred during editing of the film and cast a shadow over the subsequent promotion of the $180 million production.[10] Ledger received numerous accolades for his critically acclaimed performance in the film, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Best Actor International Award at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards, for which he became the first actor to win an award posthumously,[11] the 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor[12] and the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.[4] At the time of his death, he had completed about half of his final film[13] performing the role of Tony in Terry Gilliam's film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
-- Wikipedia
-- Heath Ledger (quote from NY Post, 2001)
Heath Ledger, GQ magazine, Australia (2003)
Ledger died on 22 January 2008 from an accidental "toxic combination of prescription drugs". A few months before his death, Ledger had finished filming his penultimate performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight. His death occurred during editing of the film and cast a shadow over the subsequent promotion of the $180 million production.[10] Ledger received numerous accolades for his critically acclaimed performance in the film, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Best Actor International Award at the 2008 Australian Film Institute Awards, for which he became the first actor to win an award posthumously,[11] the 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor[12] and the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.[4] At the time of his death, he had completed about half of his final film[13] performing the role of Tony in Terry Gilliam's film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
-- Wikipedia
