Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
That's about all I can tell, or they'll put me in jail.
beautiful pick smart
That's a beautiful play, ... She's pretty smart to pick that one to do -- actually impressive.
competence confidence happen humor top
These things happen from the top down, and from the top there was a sense of humor and a confidence and competence that you don't question.
given
It's ludicrous, and I've been given enough. It's all nerve-wracking.
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It's ludicrous and I've been given enough. And I want to share this so badly with all the nominees. I can't tell you how fantastic these gentlemen are.
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It was a daunting thing, when they came to my house and offered me the role. I weighed 240 pounds. At the time, my girlfriend was pregnant and we basically were beached whales together. And it was a long trip over time to get to a size that I could fit into these suits that he wore.
dealing heard people
That's always what I heard about people dealing with Capote,
hardest last mimic
The last thing I wanted to do was mimic him. I wanted to get his essence. It was the hardest thing I ever did on film.
came house truman
They came to my house and said here's the script, would you like to play Truman Capote?
guy needed open played sat scene thinking time
The guy was exhausting, ... Because every scene was different. He played every angle. He sat there, listening, but all the time thinking of what each person needed to make them open up. So there was never just one way to play each scene.
panicked sober
I went (to rehab), I got sober when I was 22 years old. You get panicked ... and I got panicked for my life.
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If you have that kind of intimacy alongside ambition, ultimately it's going to leave an incredibly tragic impression on his psyche and spirit. He paid a huge price to write one of the great books of the 20th century. Capote didn't go to Kansas. Kansas reached out to New York and grabbed Capote. The minute he met Perry Smith, it was inevitable that these two men were going to die, one literally and one figuratively, because the identification they shared was too deep. The minute he got Perry to open up about his own life, and he learned they were both orphans, they were both abandoned children, he sees his muse, and that's the beginning of the end. Kansas sprung a trap on him.
again work
I think I'm like any actor, most actors it's kind of inbred in you that you're never going to work again even if you are working a lot.
I thought, If we never get the money, we'll all be off the hook.