Thursday, February 6, 2014

Fresh Air Remembers Philip Seymour Hoffman

Three films I'll remember him for are Scottie in Boogie Nights, Lester Bangs in Almost Famous, and Lancaster Dodd in The Master.

In the interview, he touches upon his role in Happiness, Doubt, Anthony Minghella, other life stuff.

Some excerpts:

On whether the priest he played in Doubt was a predator or mentor
I get that question a lot, and it's odd because I have never gotten that question about any other part I've played. ... People somehow think I'm an audience member when actually, no, I played the guy. So, I have to have filled in his history, but that history is mine and I would never share it because it will just so destroy the experience of the movie-goer. But yes, I do have to fill that history in, in the way that I feel is ... most compelling. ... I have to know because I'm playing the man.
On being around alcohol after being in rehab
People who don't have a problem with alcohol don't have a problem with alcohol. You know, they have their couple of glasses of wine and they go on their way. You know what I mean? And that's just the way it is. I am just not one of those people. So, it's — you know, a couple of glasses of wine is not interesting to me at all. You know what I mean? ... It's not a great pleasure for me to have a couple of glasses of wine. That just — that's kind of annoying ... Do you know what I mean? Like, why aren't you having the whole bottle? ... That's much more pleasurable. So, to somebody who doesn't understand that, they just don't understand it.



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