Talk:Philip Seymour Hoffman

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• Just saw the film "Capote" at the 32nd telluride film festival yesterday. first cut was finished on friday of last week. it is an astonishing tour de force performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman. His portrayal will be considered a defining moment in his career. i would be willing to wager he will win the Oscar. Naic 03:54, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
• Let's hope your wager lives up Naic! Anyway, this article is vastly lacking in information. When I get the time, I aim to update things. 06:12, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

'has distinguished himself'

Firstly, the sentence did not state who he distinguished himself from (and cite a source) Secondly, this seems promotional in nature (it is subjective, and therefore must be a view that is held by someone - who?) If there are sources for this view, revert and provide a source --206.248.165.190 (talk) 05:53, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Image advertises 'Capote' more than Philip Seymour Hoffman

Can't we get a more appropriate image for Hoffman than a movie poster?

It was a bit difficult finding a suitable pic, but I think I got a pretty good one. Thebogusman 04:27, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

A big improvement for the article. Thanks. --BlueTruth 22:12, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Height

If Phil is 5' 9½", how did they get him shorter for Capote? Chris 18:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

3.5 years after the question was asked, but I thought I'd answer this in case anyone else is curious. The answer is Forced perspective. ThomasAndrewNimmo (talk) 07:58, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Birthplace

Phil wasn't born in Fairport, but in Rochester. Rochester is where the hospitals are, and he wasn't born at the family home (King's Lacey Way, to be exact).

Irish Heritage

Given his surname, he is clearly of German heritage too. Why isn't it mentioned?

Reply to Birthplace

Although all the hospitals are in Rochester, every biography on the net says he was born in Fairport.

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BetacommandBot 08:32, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

header

i'm pretty sure the ip editor's intent is to say that hoffman is an 'award-winning actor' rather than an 'award winning american', but either way, the phrase is hackneyed and cliche. --emerson7 07:33, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Drinking

I read somewhere that he doesn't consume alcohol. Is that true? I, myself, never drink, and take notice to things like that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.191.204.43 (talk) 16:37, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Who knows. That's something you'd have to search out for yourself, since apparently there aren't sources available in the article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 19:27, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

It's true. In December 2008, he did a great interview on NPR's Fresh Air show [1]. I myself don't have an alcohol problem, and I didn't really understand alcoholism, but his comments were most enlightening. Particularly at one point Terry Gross asked him if he gets jealous when he sees other people enjoying a glass of wine socially. His response was no, that a couple of glasses of wine isn't interesting to him... a couple of bottles, maybe. He'd see a couple of glasses as just 'annoying'. So, hearing him say it like that put a new perspective on alcoholism for me. Cryocone (talk) 18:18, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Chlotrudis Award

Can we remove reference to these "awards". They are the domain of a few friends in Boston and it strikes me that including reference to them on this page, and others, is an attempt at self-promotion and aggrandisement.

Titanic?

The introduction says he was in Titanic (1997) but the filmography does not list any role. I also do not think, though I am not positive, that the film credits him for anything. Is this an error? Rugz (talk) 14:21, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

 Done This has since been removed. Doniago (talk) 14:49, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Filmography

Unless I simply overlooked it, I could find no reference in the article to his role in the movie Pirate Radio, in which he co-starred with Bill Nighy.

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Death being reported by WSJ

I understand that there was a recent death hoax, but did this actually fool the Wall Street Journal?

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579358943360702878?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304626804579358943360702878.html

And the New York Post? http://nypost.com/2014/02/02/philip-seymour-hoffman-found-dead-in-his-apartment/will381796 (talk) 18:46, 2 February 2014 (UTC)