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.
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.
people
People thought they had me pegged because of the way I am, because of the way I talk, ... And they're always wrong.
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I'm very excited people are talking like that. I usually hide my feelings about things like the Oscars. But I believe in the film. Hell or high water, here we are, and people are actually going to see it, a lot more than we thought would, and they're responding the same way we felt about it. So I'm excited and I hope the film is still in theaters six months from now, and the Oscar buzz is only gonna help. I don't want it to go away. I want it to be in the theaters in May.
began cold discovered embodies odd people simply struggled
I began to see that this wasn't simply an odd man, an odd writer. What he discovered writing 'In Cold Blood' embodies what a lot of people go through. He struggled with who he was.
dealing heard people
That's always what I heard about people dealing with Capote,
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.'
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.
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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.
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.