A Chat with Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2012

[@eig2151]

This guy was the best actor of his generation. Jeez, what a loss. :(

[@slimnics]

yeh and he was just getting better and better as an actor.

[@DC-zi6se]

By far the greatest. he really was head and shoulders above the rest.

[@robertchflynn]

@@DC-zi6se Daniel Day Lewis is as good as they come...

[@judebogart]

One of the best actors of any generation. Such a loss. RIP.

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

He was at least that. And he died over a racist endeavour. It's so senseless.

[@MrMojoRisin]

A special actor. Pure talent.

[@jm1657]

He was so, so special!

[@TheDreamingJune]

I love his voice. Something so comforting and wise in the way he talks.

[@ellenfalls1330]

His performance on Broadway in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" is something I will never forget.

[@naui_diver9290]

I could listen to him talk for days

[@cosmicgiggle5942]

R.I.P. to such an amazing person and professional. You will be greatly missed.

[@PrinceFansUnite2010]

God bless you Philip. damn, we're going to miss your perfection in new movies. I am so sad.

[@jetsetdog]

Great Interview! I was lucky enough to see PSH as Willy Loman in ""Death..."! What a Performance!

[@forreal245]

Joseph Rykiel...How fortunate you are to have seen him play Loman.

[@tatie7604]

Is there a video tape?

[@eig2151]

They way he talks...just makes you want to see his real work!

[@grb1184]

Hoffman relates the high skill in acting as noticed in the their exchange about ages of previous actors in the same role. Actors are just amazing people who envelope or crawl into a spot and then, if possible, make it their own. They are often chameleons. I miss all the possibilities that Philip could have done.

[@KnotKenny]

@Lisa Surlie How bored and annoying must be your life that you are writing this on every fucking comment on the video. I hope you never have a friend or a family member suffering this kind of problems cause that would be some karma stuff you totally deserve. I mean, don't you have anything better to do than come to a video of someone you obviously dislike because he had mental health and drug addiction problems (I dunno what is your problem with this issues but thus does not define a person, if anything it says more about what kind of person you are) and just say s**t like "LOL good riddance worm food hahaha im so funny". No, you're not funny. You're a disgusting piece of s**t of a human looking for some attention and you know it. You seem like a 12 years old kid trying to be an edgy low IQ wannabe troll. Get bent internet scum.

[@jm1657]

Lovely post. I miss PSH as well. So very very talented! What a tragic waste.

[@vau0807]

Is there any surviving recording of Mr. Hoffman's Broadway performance of _Death of a Salesman_? The on-stage performances of Brian Dennehy, Dustin Hoffman, and Lee Cobb in the same role all were recorded for TV.

[@EdisonGrainery]

You would have to go to the Lincoln Center Library. They have a viewing room. It should be there, but you can only ever check out a title once, to prevent intellectual grifting. I'm not sure how you get access, but you could look it up.

[@KnotKenny]

@Lisa Surlie How bored and annoying must be your life that you are writing this on every fucking comment on the video. I hope you never have a friend or a family member suffering this kind of problems cause that would be some karma stuff you totally deserve. I mean, don't you have anything better to do than come to a video of someone you obviously dislike because he had mental health and drug addiction problems (I dunno what is your problem with this issues but thus does not define a person, if anything it says more about what kind of person you are) and just say s**t like "LOL good riddance worm food hahaha im so funny". No, you're not funny. You're a disgusting piece of s**t of a human looking for some attention and you know it. You seem like a 12 years old kid trying to be an edgy low IQ wannabe troll. Get bent internet scum.

[@samehkhayat7695]

@@EdisonGrainery you are right.. I checked the website of the library and it says restricted access for qualified researchers. Does that mean an ordinary person can't request to view it if he/she goes there? I would so love if I can get a chance to watch the performance

[@tatie7604]

His estate would need to be paid for a TV viewing.

[@gasaholic47]

I saw him do Salesman on Broadway. Not a dry eye in the house at the end.

[@KnotKenny]

@Lisa Surlie How bored and annoying must be your life that you are writing this on every fucking comment on the video. I hope you never have a friend or a family member suffering this kind of problems cause that would be some karma stuff you totally deserve. I mean, don't you have anything better to do than come to a video of someone you obviously dislike because he had mental health and drug addiction problems (I dunno what is your problem with this issues but thus does not define a person, if anything it says more about what kind of person you are) and just say s**t like "LOL good riddance worm food hahaha im so funny". No, you're not funny. You're a disgusting piece of s**t of a human looking for some attention and you know it. You seem like a 12 years old kid trying to be an edgy low IQ wannabe troll. Get bent internet scum.

[@KnotKenny]

@Lisa Surlie What the actual f**k have that to do with anything i've written. Do you have reading comprehension problems? You're just the kind of people who bullied kids at school, someone with a lot of issues in the family and probably lots of social interaction problems, an advice, seek professional help cause you clearly need some therapy. I'm even pretty sure you must have a drug addict in your family or probably you yourself are one. I'm done with you, you're just looking for the attention that no one in your real life gives you, not even your parents probably cause you seem pretty much uneducated. I just put you in your place which is the dirt. I've got nothing else to say, i would hope you have shitty life but i'm sure you're already living it.

[@melissapitts7813]

Lisa Surlie is you are an idiot

[@jaysonakridge]

I cannot adequately express the seething jealous I have for you. It must have been unreal.

[@gasaholic47]

@@jaysonakridge it was quite overwhelming.

[@WnycOrg]

Philip Seymour Hoffman back in 2012 at WNYC's Greene Space

[@thegoodshepherd7777]

For whatever reason, PSH's death had a strange affect on me. I just could not wrap my head around it, and still can't.... what happened....

[@mishellian1979]

I feel exactly the same - what's that about?

[@thundercheeks1989]

​@@mishellian1979me too, and I think it's just a testament to the power of his art. He was a singular talent, and some of his performances affected me very deeply. That is a kind of connection, I guess, and to know there will be no more new performances still breaks my heart.

[@jasonb68754]

3:04 - Wow.

[@Vanq123123]

I love you.

[@Vanq123123]

DOCTOR.

[@annepatton8177]

Poor Phil you could see he was struggling. He relapsed in 2011 so he was really in the grip of his drug addiction here.

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

Proof? Did u know him personally?

[@annepatton8177]

@@whoareyoutoaccuseme His girlfriend the mother of his kids confirmed in an interview he was admitted to Rehab in 2011 and was about to go back at the time of his death.

[@vincevirtua]

@@annepatton8177 no rehab in 2011, he went back to rehab for 10 days in May 2013. In 2011 he accepted a drink at the wrap party of The Master toward end of that year.

[@flashgordonrocks]

This interview feels tense. Maybe because the interviewer seems to be anxious

[@qulocknimmons4601]

You will be missed

[@leviwhatever6192]

My god. He was 45 here. And then dead at 46.

[@dawncampbell6064]

PHILLIP IS SO MISSED AND LOVED HERE ,NO WONDER GOD WANTED HIM .

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

Nah, get outta here with that. He died because of the racist endeavour that is the fallacy of the "war on drugs". He should still be here.

[@Nautilus1972]

Doing interviews like this sucked the life out of him.

[@evo2542]

I imagine the life was already sucked out of him from something else. He is obviously not wanting to be here from the first question.

[@owencampbell8799]

God love him he looks broken here. Great talent. Serious actor but also a great comedic actor. RIP

[@Bigbigcomedy]

Lazy interviewer, asking inane surface-level questions and using questions from a Facebook user without even checking the accuracy/relevance of the question. Philip was obviously annoyed. So blunt: "until you actually know what you're talking about..."

[@trje246]

+freetyler1 even those tiny red chairs made me feel annoyed and uncomfortable.

[@laraoneal7284]

Such a complex man.

[@theriversexitsense]

Didnt his character direct Death if A Salesman in the movie Synecdoche New York? And deliberately cast young actors? Why no questions about

[@beeastman1235]

He's rocked here

[@evan5690]

from drugs? nah. playing loman doesnt come for free. really deep acting work is draining

[@itsjustaride12]

@@evan5690 seems to be on dope here tbh

[@Soundofsilver2007]

He drained it maybe even suuuuuuper depressed.

[@Vanq123123]

Good moorning

[@samuelstulinger1619]

He's trying not to nod out. You can hear it In his voice too.

[@gabrielsilvas692]

Possibly withdrawing too, it's hard to even muster it even pretend to extend your sentences

[@tatie7604]

Totally Exhausted human being in tremendous pain.

[@stevemorse108]

Tommy Tommy Tommy Tommy...how's the peeping going?

[@danieletammurello7177]

No ma bella la traduzione 😂

[@jeanster1000]

Great ma but, he looked tired.

[@Gedu1988]

Problem solving.

[@peterlohnes1]

You can see the ravages of drugs on his face: looks age 60

[@markdrouin8094]

A raging heroin addict at this time, but he was a great actor.

[@vincevirtua]

What makes you say that? No information out there has ever suggested he was doing heroin again at this time in Feb 2012.

[@lamarsmith5971]

I have no respect for a supposedly smart man who does heroin while he has young kids at home.

[@RipperBravo]

Addiction. His flat not his home, he was separated from their mother.

[@Fireoncityy]

You're a very uneducated person clearly. Study some psychology.

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

Do you also have no respect for the people who use alcohol - the most dangerous, detrimental, and violent drug known to man - if they have children? No need to answer, I already know. Get off you high horse. Just because 1 drug was deemed acceptable by the white man, doesn't mean it's any better than the others. It's actually much worse.