Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
best given life
I was given the best part of my life, basically, and I know that.
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.
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.
category fantastic great
Wow, I'm in a category with some great, great, great actors, fantastic actors, and I'm overwhelmed. Really overwhelmed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
knees wish
I wish there was a podium here - you wouldn't see my knees shaking.
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.
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.
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.