Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
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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.
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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.
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.
affect
but then the way he stands, the way he walks, all these things are going to affect all that stuff.
knees wish
I wish there was a podium here - you wouldn't see my knees shaking.
hit
If we hit Truman's part right, it would reverberate. So that's what I concentrated on: Getting it right.
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.
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.
became brought deserves four kids passions took
She brought up four kids alone, and for that she deserves congratulations. She took me to my first play ... and her passions became my passions.
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.
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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.