Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
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.
dealt fond memories perfect saying town treated
It was a perfect place for the film. That's what I have to say. Actually, the town treated me very well. And I'm not just saying that. I actually have fond memories of being dealt with very well. But it was cold. Cold!
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.
dealing heard people
That's always what I heard about people dealing with Capote,
faith huge insightful utmost
I have the utmost faith in his abilities. I'm a huge fan. His show is never not insightful and funny.
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.
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.
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.
wit
But because of his intelligence, his wit and his insightfulness and his kind of all-consuming warmth, that would go away.
brought deserves four kids tonight
She brought up four kids alone, and she deserves a congratulations for that. Be proud, Ma, because we're here tonight and it's so good.
everybody forward looking passion propel spark ultimately
There isn't, like, one formula, ... Everybody has their own way to go about it. Everybody is ultimately looking for that something that will spark their imagination, what will propel them forward with some passion to make the part work.
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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.
acting career lead perfectly playing role satisfied supposed
You don't want a lead acting role if you're not the one that's supposed to be playing it. I'm perfectly satisfied with the career I've had.
given
It's ludicrous, and I've been given enough. It's all nerve-wracking.