Philip Hoffman
Philip Hoffman
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.
guy needed open played sat scene thinking time
The guy was exhausting, ... Because every scene was different. He played every angle. He sat there, listening, but all the time thinking of what each person needed to make them open up. So there was never just one way to play each scene.
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.
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.
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.