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.
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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.
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.
best given life
I was given the best part of my life, basically, and I know that.
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.