Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
became blinders both bring complete discovery paid price saw studying wish
When I started studying him, then became semi-obsessed with him, I saw the parallels, ... In our ages, that we're both artists, in the price that's paid for going after something with complete focus, with blinders on. And the discovery that what you wish for most probably won't bring you happiness.
abandoned alongside beginning books both capote grabbed great huge impression incredibly inevitable intimacy kansas learned leave literally men met minute open paid perry price psyche reached sees shared sprung tragic trap ultimately york
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.
hands liked
It was all that (drugs and alcohol), yeah. It was anything I could get my hands on ... I liked it all.
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!
people
People thought they had me pegged because of the way I am, because of the way I talk, ... And they're always wrong.
proud
Be proud, Mom, because I'm proud of you, and we're here tonight, and it's so good.
became changed consumed
Everything changed after that, ... He became consumed with the story, with success. He was never the same. Writing was never the same.
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.
best given life
I was given the best part of my life, basically, and I know that.
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.
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.
I thought, If we never get the money, we'll all be off the hook.
wit
But because of his intelligence, his wit and his insightfulness and his kind of all-consuming warmth, that would go away.
knees wish
I wish there was a podium here - you wouldn't see my knees shaking.