Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
action bad guy people perfect
To play a bad guy in an action movie is something I've never done, and I don't know if I'll ever do it again. So this is really that opportunity, and it's the perfect place to do it, perfect people to do it with.
ball begins best dies events guy happens knew outside shine standing tale telling
As a producer, as someone standing outside the film, we knew that the story wasn't going to shine (Capote) in the best of lights. What happens to him, and it's not pleasant, begins his downfall. This guy dies at 59, without writing another (long-form) book. So that's the story. We're just telling the tale of the events that got that ball rolling.
below fly guy level sort strange
I like to fly below the radar, ... And here is this guy who is completely open, completely bold, who has this very strange sort of machismo.... So I had to find a different entry, a different level to find him.
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.
believe limb room saying strong
I would vouch for those two in the room with a very strong conviction. I was saying to the executives, 'If you believe in me, believe in them.' We kind of all went out on a limb together.
bowels control literally lost lucky swimming
You know, I literally lost all control of my bowels up there. I couldn't think. I was swimming in my head. So I was lucky to get out what I got out.
attracted capote interested portray successful tragedy truman trying
That's what attracted me to it. I wasn't interested in doing it if it was just going to be about trying to portray Truman Capote and if I could be successful or not. It really was about the inevitability of a tragedy unfolding.
proud
We're at the party, mom. Be proud mom, because I'm proud of you.
category fantastic great
Wow, I'm in a category with some great, great, great actors, fantastic actors, and I'm overwhelmed. Really overwhelmed.
awards help nervous people saw season stuff ton
If that stuff does transpire, I'm very excited. I think I would be more nerve-wracked or nervous if it was just about me as an actor, ... But it is more than that/ What if a ton of people saw this movie ... our first film? Awards season can always help a film that way.
becoming capture height man trying
when he was becoming more and more diseased. I was trying to capture the man at the height of his powers.
wit
But because of his intelligence, his wit and his insightfulness and his kind of all-consuming warmth, that would go away.
bennett best doubted known knows
I have known Bennett a long time, ... I know a lot about him and he knows a lot about me, and I never doubted he would make the best film possible.
hit
If we hit Truman's part right, it would reverberate. So that's what I concentrated on: Getting it right.