Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
best given life
I was given the best part of my life, basically, and I know that.
attention character critical happy next point
He would probably be up here right next to me. I would say he would probably be critical because that was his life. And he'd probably point out all the things that were wrong, but he would also be happy that attention was being showered on him again. I think that was one of his character flaws.
character fulfill knew main people personal playing secondary soulful stuff technical watching worked
I did have hesitations and just knew that if I made the story the main character and really worked on that to fulfill it in a very personal and soulful way, that all the technical stuff about playing him would become secondary for people watching the movie.
again answers function hard hopefully opens people walk
Hopefully the film answers that, ... It opens that can of worms, where people walk out and say, 'Wow, I can see why it would be hard for him to function again after that.'