Philip Seymour Hoffman's Private Struggles

[@richfictionfighter]

While Hoffman died young, his list of great performances feels endless. While his life was cut short, I feel like his career wasn't. I feel like he lived up to his potential

[@terrencebailey7567]

40 , year s too soon

[@dahalofreeek]

His filmography was incredibly impressive even when lined up against other great actors'. But let's not pretend his early death didn't rob us of dozens of extraordinary performances.

[@richfictionfighter]

dahalofreeek Oh absolutely! We were robbed of 40 more years of great performances

[@degsbabe]

We've ALL been robbed Adrienne.

[@TheMichwolverines21]

@Lisa Surlie You've gone on every page about him saying worm food. What is your prerogative?

[@JohnDoe-qg9jy]

i never saw a movie that he wasn't great in.

[@juicenot2481]

The Avengers "Endgame" (beginning game)

[@claudineisouza9485]

Verdade,

[@FDguy343]

That is what hurts the most. Neither did the rest of the world

[@ruairimonophthalmos5458]

@Paul Steinwall he wasn't in titanic dumbass.

[@therantingboy]

Forget unfinished movies, he left three kids without a dad.

[@ahill4642]

TheRantingBoy - My thoughts exactly. Kinda disgraceful that this video doesn't touch on that more.

[@TREALAH]

Well then we’d need a whole other show. Guys with kids die everyday.

[@bridgetcox3593]

And he was a beautiful to watch in any role, he made me so happy when I saw him in anything, Thank you so much Phillip Seymour Hoffman, rest easy xx

[@Paddyllfixit]

He was an amazing character actor with such depth and complexity.

[@kevinmac2298]

Best actor of this generation. And whoever produced this segment did a really great job 👏🏿

[@yolatreacy77]

Absolutely agree. Especially at 6.02 “never let it be said he phoned it in”. Very well put together.

[@vivi1022]

too sad we wont be seeing him anymore, such a great artist

[@DarkClouds-v8]

Lisa Surlie he was cremated actually

[@kingayy9267]

I wonder where he'd be today. What roles he'd have absolutely crushed.

[@suzystone244]

I cried when I heard this BAD BAD news. Addiction does not discriminate. Phillip will always be a BEST man on stage and film❤

[@writingservices5849]

He was a genuinely nice person and it's not only about his career - it's about not getting to live a long life to enjoy his children, friends, and simple joys.

[@christiangasior4244]

He was incredible. Given a longer career I think it would be clear he was just as skilled an actor as Daniel Day Lewis and Robert Deniro, for example.

[@MrNoSleepOSRS]

Rest In Peace legend

[@feliciaalbanese3338]

Another person glamorizing drugs

[@priwncess]

You liked PSH? Huh.

[@laurenb916]

@@feliciaalbanese3338 NO. DRUGS ARE NOT A PERSON. TRAUMA IS WHY PEOPLE ARE ADDICTS. BLAME TRAUMA AND SOCIETY, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL.

[@karenopyd6595]

@@feliciaalbanese3338 that’s not why he did them, or what this is about.

[@youngd3niro824]

@@feliciaalbanese3338 casting hate on a man who died of an o.d... who are you ti judge lady? You ma'am, are the reason social media has a reputation of being hella negative. Have a blessed day 🙏

[@MichaelDrGonzoLee]

I love his work. He was always great. As a fellow addict, I know his pain.

[@Craig-wi5bv]

No one cares bro 🤣

[@rentavideo412]

Only an addict can sorely understand the obscene selfishness that is addiction. Some of us are weak, some stronge, some with you,some alone, some of us are assholes, some of us saints, but all of us hurt. It's the undiagnosed and untreated mental anguish that drives our addictions. Rest in peace sir.

[@maureenmac6514]

rentavideo412 Beautifully put .

[@donnastitz1497]

Drug addiction is a disease. I remember him as an AMAZING ACTOR. I hope there R millions more who will remember him the way I do ! RIP!

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

Diseases can't be cured by willpower. I used to be an addict but I am not now . However I still have arthritis and no amount of willpower will make it go away

[@rikkiroxx1430]

"A CANDLE THAT BURNS TWICE AS BRIGHT... BURNS HALF AS LONG"..

[@jacksalami9945]

I am a recovering Opioid Addict coming on 6 years clean. 2 years ago I found my young brother stone cold dead from a Heroin Overdose, blue, stiff with his eyes still open. Please people trust me just stay away & never touch the junk.

[@CaesarCapone]

I'm so sorry. Stay strong for your family and friends. And even if you don't have friends, or even family, stay strong and you will. Best wishes!

[@jacksalami9945]

@@CaesarCapone thx for your kind words. Still alot of great ppl in the world 💛

[@denisespurlock]

I lost my favorite actor. RIP, Philip!

[@DigitalMadrigal]

It's late 2020, and I still really miss him and his talent.

[@kingayy9267]

I still forget he's gone sometimes until I watch a video of one of his movies and see the "RIP" comments.

[@greenblood64]

This great man and actor did not realize how talented and loved he was. We love you Philip and you will forever be missed.

[@rafaelcisneros562]

James Lipton said it best, "He (Hoffman) could play anything." he was the opposite of typecast. In Boogie Nights he played a Flaming Homosexual, a harmless Beta Male, in Mission Impossible he played the Alpha Male one of the most imposing Villains I have ever seen in a movie. in Along Came Polly he was the Comic relief, and I must admit he was hilarious in that.

[@jokermann01]

His whole career was his prime!

[@martinc1548]

"Above all, I am a man."

[@joeyclemenza7339]

we didn't deserve a man like him.... but he'll always be remembered. so goddamm good.

[@mspinkytee]

The man could act! He was brilliant! I honestly first notices him in Boogie Nights. He would act period.

[@ilustrado7291]

"This is our concern Dude." RIP Legend.

[@our.beautiful.life.]

Im still not over his death. For me is as big of a lost as with the death of robbin williams. Both had pure rare genius talent. May he rest in peace.

[@cryptobull4130]

Thank you for the performances you left us with

[@JOHNNYFUTS]

70 bags of heroin...he was a prepper also

[@rico76]

When you're rich you buy in bulk.

[@jeremydewitte6912]

When i was using id buy 30, 60, 100 bags at once. A "bag" is 0.1 grams, 5-10$

[@zombiediet]

@@jeremydewitte6912 are you on the east coast? I'm in cali where it's a bit different because its tar so most of the time its 20 sacks and above, like people buy a couple of grams at a time which ranges from $40 to $80 a gram depending on your connect.

[@jeremydewitte6912]

@@zombiediet im on west coast, and what i said is rare out here, people just bag it all together in plastic. Its more in big cities and on east coast, or just bigger operations where people are dealing on the street where pre packaging comes in. Some people can't just have a scale and be weighing out sacks every time. But i have seen it here, in balloons, mostly from mexican connects. Each balloon is 0.1 and they cost 5$

[@sign543]

I was mesmerized by his performances. I couldn’t understand how anyone could so embody a role. I spotted him first in Twister and knew then that he would probably go places. He brought such an intensity to that almost thankless role. He was a standout. Then he started appearing in character roles where you didn’t even know he was in a film until later and then you think back and say, “Wow, he WAS in that, wasn’t he?” In Flawless he was stunning. In Happyness we was frighteningly dark and disturbed. In that Meryl Streep film he was just brilliant. Dark, disturbing, but sympathetic as well. How do you play a child molester who is sympathetic? Because he made him human. I have no sympathy for child molesters, but you got to know him as a person in that role. He truly had fooled himself into thinking what he was doing wasn’t harmful. Scary good performance.

[@kingayy9267]

_Doubt_

[@kingayy9267]

Is the movie with Meryl Streep

[@themysticmuse1111]

Will never get over this.Such a loss.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Did you eventually get over it?

[@themysticmuse1111]

@@hugolafhugolaf honestly, no. Still stings when reminded.

[@nr2792]

Twister started it all for me! Nostalgic childhood movie, thanks Philip!

[@rl5847]

Thanks Phillip, Grew up with the Big Lebowski and followed you ever since. RIP Brother.

[@TheDivineracer]

Gosh, I was just starting to notice him as an amazing actor! What a terrible lose. God, be with his family and friends in this sad time. May you comfort them.

[@CatfishSkinner]

RIP, Philip Seymour Hoffman

[@BradfordGuy]

Although I do fault the drugs that took his life, I do not fault him in any way for his death. He was a master of the arts, but above all, he was human and just as susceptible to the urges of the flesh as anyone. I will always remember him as he was; his brilliance, his uncanny wit, his humanity and his art - not for his personal demons!

[@spiderjump]

how can you fault non living substances ?

[@P_RoC45]

Brad Penrod I was a huge fan of his as a heroin user myself and even worse a fentanyl user I understand what he was going through, but he has to be somewhat at fault when you see his toxicology and how many drugs he was mixing and taking from adderall to alcohol to heroin and benzos and all the other drugs they found in his system the worst part is the dope he was taking wasn’t even mixed with fentanyl so I’m sure if you take all the other drugs out of the equation he prob wouldn’t of died that night. When someone overdoses on heroin more then 80% of the time it’s because they mixed the dope with benzos and other drugs and any other time it’s usually because of low tolerance. In this case he had no chance with the amount of other stuff he was taking.

[@MrsP474]

@Lisa Surlie He was cremated 💁‍♀️

[@kmnov14]

Never underestimate the destruction of what drugs can cause u. Never put your finger on it, run away from it...don't give it a slightest chance...

[@paulden3158]

kmnov14 For those who let it. But the destruction that it causes is often symptomatic of greater psychological issues.

[@701ghoffman]

broke my heart that this brillant actor had to go this way. i wish someone had known and could have saved him

[@runningsocal00]

From Boogie Nights, Ripley, and countless others he was one of the best

[@JeffThompson-l4p]

Philips death saddened me...I'm an addict as well and have been sober for along time...I had to have my neck fused about ten years ago and I had to take narcotics...I felt that monkey creeping back up on me again...I gave my meds to my wife and she gave them to me as prescribed..so I would fall off the wagon and just eat them up in a few days...Im still sober to this day and I thank God because I know I would be dead... Philip should have been more honest about his struggles...but addicts like to hide because of shame and the fact that they love to get high..it all apart of the disease unfortunately.... Philip was a genius and was taken away far to early....May he rest in peace...

[@rasharddavis321]

I miss him very much. I’m also glad that you’re doing okay and staying sober.

[@maryfitzpatrick2738]

I also did a similar thing after surgery and gave the rest to a friend who wouldn’t even think twice about taking them ended up taking as prescribed and been c & s 13 years RIP PSH ❤☘️

[@merle168]

He was the best!! Such great actor!!! I miss him in American movies!

[@supertrooperaspie9607]

I want him back outstanding man and actor.

[@janethayes5941]

Was this man ever anything but beyond great in any movie?

[@nicotra007]

Why are no news agencies mentioning the movie 'Before the Devil Knows Your Dead'....where Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a Finance Executive who is addicted to Heroin????? You would think in a clip like this it would at least get an Honorable Mention...........being so relevant and all.....Great Movie by the way with Ethan Hawke and Marissa Tomei.....

[@Jackenapes86]

thought the same exact thing. perhaps they think it's in bad taste? who knows? not like the media has any scruples in that regard. bizarre omission.

[@billhenjum7566]

I have been wondering the same thing. That particular movie is chilling. And brilliant.

[@caseyyoung32]

Damn... Bless his heart... And his family too...

[@amylynnlevine]

We lost out , for his having gone so early, but he is on to some other beautiful masterpiece in the next chapter of 'x .. ?'..

[@greenbeagle13]

Loved this dude... If he was in a movie, I was gonna' watch it... Sad he is gone.

[@nikdao7731]

when I've been reading Huxley's "After a many summer" I was imagining him as Jo Stoyte. Damn, I would like to see him playing this role, but... Rest in peace, dear Philip.

[@rickwise2408]

Feel horrible for his children that never saw their dad again

[@ChompChain]

NEVER fuck with heroin. I was stupid once and played fast and loose with hard drugs but never did I even THINK about doing smack. You will fuck yourself up irreparably if you go near that stuff

[@SandmansHate]

+The Bread Boy Literally. It ruins your brain, and drains what makes you feel happy. I did Morphine for 3 years, and I am almost incapable of feeling happiness without drugs now.

[@ArtjomsMind]

When I read some of these comments here, one things that comes to mind is: "Oh what do we know about people of that scope, that ability to sense, feel and deliver other people's innermost?? Wake up, people, before you throw your stones at the 'celebrities'!!" Real actors ... do they EVER really love themselves?? Maybe they just only keep trying, whole life long.

[@Nate-im3sg]

Artjommm well said

[@AndyFlagg1]

square in Synechdoche

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

Nice comment ! One of the more sensible one's posted here. Cheers.

[@coleathan6890]

The most versatile actor I’ve seen.

[@ajg5138]

70 bags. Dude was a seasoned user. Making sure he wasnt ever sick. If you know you know.

[@simondaughtry4619]

the dude uncovered so much human nature..... he acted with that thorough ferocity..... whether ferocious or not.

[@runningsocal00]

The guy could play any type of role!

[@nepeti]

He looks so old at age 46. I thought he was in his 60s. Drugs are really deadly.

[@shaymacjones5110]

I agree, i thought that too. Drugs seem to age people fast.

[@Jackenapes86]

he hadn't used in over 20 years. i think genetics, overeating and smoking had a lot more to do with him looking older than his years.

[@highlyfavored2434]

@@Jackenapes86 I know such a long period of sobriety... wondered what triggered him to relapse.

[@LisaODavis]

I agree that this man was a truly great actor, the very thing that makes some really great actors cursed with emotional sensitivity, which for some actors is deadly, Robin Williams was also like this. Cursed with a great gift that killed him. I really loved him. R.I.P- hope he's in a better place!

[@40russia]

What an extraordinary talent. RIP to a sweet, tortured soul.

[@dg8062]

I got sober 1st time at the age of 21. Stayed entirely abstinent for just shy of 13 years. Been a struggle ever since, I'm now 63. It's very real people!

[@Westhelockpicker]

Methadone is so looked down upon that people hate it and they don't actually know anything about it but I was a junkie for 10 years and methadone helped me when nothing else would and I've been clean for over 20 years

[@simonpd38]

one of my favorite actors ever i still remember the shock of hearing that he died:

[@NosyHausfrau]

It's amazing how many of us genuinely loved this man. He could take anything on paper and make it real. His role in Patch Adams was small but he was an absolute stand out. I remember watching him for the first time and it was like Stanley Tucci, I said I have to learn this guy's name because I want to be able to tell people who it is when I'm raving about his performance. We lost a brilliant actor and it continues to disappoint and sadden me.

[@dorothysilver4553]

Mmkku

[@333rosaline]

R.I.P Philip it is amazing what drugs can do to a person you will be missed

[@aliasif8498]

One of the greatest actors ever An actor's actor

[@johnquinn5430]

For me right now I'm watching a most wanted man and god you can see his pain best actor I've ever seen

[@mfanakithi2002]

I have always been mesmerized by his acting, it had such an amazing pull. It’s a pity He’s no longer with us. Intense

[@MrsP474]

Handsome beautiful man with a beautiful spirit. Wish I had known him. R.I.P.

[@RikiNewtonMusicianSongwriter]

A truly great actor - taken from this mortal coil far too soon. Very sad. A huge loss to lots of people - for all sorts of reasons - but mostly - for being a superbly talented & eminently watchable actor. RIP PSH.

[@bobbybillymiller]

"some birds aren't meant to cage, their feathers are just to bright, and when they fly away the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice, but still the place you live in is still drab and empty that their gone" and he is free... he had a very dark soul and I believe in order to play the characters he played that it required that dark soul... we both had the same manager and we met one hot summer afternoon at Davien Littlefields office on afternoon for a meeting with her... and my first thought was "this slob of a man will never make it". OMG .. then cut to 12 years later .. im sitting on my couch watching him win an academy award.. .my god... such a great actor. He reminds me of me.

[@anonops1980]

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Owning Mahony... he portrayed addiction like only an addict could. I survived that life, but only barely. RIP.

[@billybryson2009]

inner pain brings out our best and it brings out our worst

[@Taylor.]

So annoying to see people say he was “one of the greatest actors of his generation.” He was one of the greatest actors PERIOD. Maybe even the best ever.

[@billscannell93]

In his last film, he put on a consistently convincing German accent, throughout the entire show. That can't be easy, when you're the main character of a full-length film. Even maintaining a passable British accent, while simultaneously acting out a sympathetic and moving role, must be difficult. He was brilliant.

[@dkshotwell]

Everybody has struggles, being a celebrity does not make the struggle any more compelling.

[@bluest1524]

Drugs don't 'get' a person. A person turns to drugs due to pain, loneliness, trauma, and being mentally unwell. If you could remove drugs from the Earth, they would find another way to tune out and damage themselves. Drugs are not the answer, for sure, but they are not the problem either. A culture as unfeeling and alienating and traumatizing as this, is the problem. Drug abuse is just a symptom.

[@pjdurkin8582]

Well you're smarter than most cuz your comment is spot on and only one of its kind that actual goes deeper into the reality and causes of using. Most of the comments are fluff

[@bluest1524]

@@pjdurkin8582 Thank you.

[@GuitarHeroPhenomSux]

I don't think drugs are good but I think we need to change our ways of addressing them. If they decriminalized and legalized drugs and put all the money wasted on arrests/convictions into actual treatment facilities and drug education (real education, not PSA propaganda), more addicts would seek help since they wouldn't feel like criminals, less adulteration of substances would occur since the market would be monitored/controlled, cartels/dealers and crime associated with both would become obsolete, and addicts would have a safe place to do their drugs where overdoses can be prevented/reversed. What we've been doing for over the past hundred years obviously hasn't worked. It's only caused more drug use, more deaths, more crime, more incarcerations, higher deficits - which results in higher taxes, and more ignorance/hypocrisy relating to the topic. We need to focus more on improving people's mental health than on criminalizing their addiction.

[@joeallegra4778]

"It's my Life and it's my Wife" (lou reed)

[@rollinstoned9816]

@Mark Mckeown me too, sadly..

[@THOMAS2910able]

Ledger was nominated for 2 Oscars and won one , and his Joker is considered one of the best performances ever put on screen , thats not really flaming out or not reaching his potential , although he probably had many great ones left in him . River Phoenix I do agree , he could have given so much more. Never saw Cory act.

[@highlyfavored2434]

I only know that cory was in glee but never saw his work or heard of him prior to his death

[@The_Isaiahnator]

I think it's relative to his potential. Heath was a genius. He could've been his generation's Daniel Day Lewis.

[@GetReal521]

I always get a kick out of it when it is said of those celebs who die of drug overdoses: he/she was perhaps one of the best actors/singers/comedians/dancers, etc. of our time. Bull,

[@USViper]

Fantastic actor! Such a loss

[@enemyofmyenemy6713]

as an ex Heroin addict now clean for 12 years i dont know how i ever got to the point of a needle but it steals your soul & trying to hide it from the world, friends & family, trying to pretend to carry on a normal life becomes impossible for the average person being a celebrity junky i couldn't imagine how much he was hurting & struggling with himself on the inside. even if you come out of the addiction your not the same person or soul and you always carry shame of the past

[@LisaODavis]

Such a GREAT actor, too bad he couldn't have gone on methadone or some similar treatment. But he did live a VERY full life.

[@ralex3697]

Hard to overcome this addiction Very sad, was a phenomenal actor. Will not see the likes of him again. Legend

[@arongatt]

I miss him on the BIG SCREEN , what a shame :)

[@JohnShields-xx1yk]

I've been through many 7 or 10 day rehabs, for decades, not until I had extended treatment that I had real sobriety.

[@tab9100]

70 bags? that sounds like some bs to me

[@Duzz14]

I think they said 7 but if it was 70 that's not uncommon. It actually makes sense. A heroin addict with a lot of money (rare) buys a lot at once. Seems to me he bought a stack. For a total of 10 bundles or 100 individual bags. Probably did three of those bundles and died. I actually read he withdrew 1200 dollars. Which sounds like he bought 2 stacks at 600 a piece

[@iSquishMoths]

don’t forget for an IV user a bag is one hit, about 0.2g per bag. 70 x 0.2, what 14 grams is that? that’s a lot to be honest, but not unheard of. He died because of his ease of bering able to buy it. Homeless can only afford small amounts at a time. Money was a factor in his demise

[@jeremydewitte6912]

A "bag" is 0.1 grams. So 7 grams is 70 "bags" in that sense of the word. Not a crazy amount for a rich person. Ive been an addict and id get 3 grams at a time like every other day, sometimes 6 at a time, so 60 bags although i just got it all in 1 bag

[@debbiemetke5938]

Drugs didn't take him; he took the drugs. But I loved him and will miss him dearly.

[@jenniferluiz4914]

I highly doubt they found several bags of heroin in his house and I highly doubt this was a drug overdose/suicide. so sad all these actors and musicians are dying but then again, They went Home.

[@zoesdada8923]

One of the greatest actors of our age.

[@CheekClappersPodcast]

Best actor of all time in my opinion.

[@dawncampbell6064]

PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN WAS THE BEST

[@pollosyaipen]

RIP Master

[@Mrmoviefan123]

Philip had 3 things in common with Woody Harrelson: 1. The same first letter in their last names. 2. They were both in The Hunger Games movies (Woody was in all of them and Philip was in all of them except the first one). 3. The same birthday, July 23rd, which is actually the day before my birthday.

[@chooselife5863]

Miss this guy he was a brilliant actor.

[@dratman1390]

The actor that played Ed Kemper in Mindhunter was spot on, however I wonder how PSH would have done with role. Truly amazing, gone too soon!

[@anthonymorabito1917]

"The only chance you get is the second chance to make the same mistake twice" Joe the writer.. State and Main.. one of his best films..

[@kitpalmer1583]

As someone who loves morbidity, the graphic details in this story from the first minute were utterly unnecessary and gross.

[@jormungandrrework4899]

The great and funny moment from him: hey you're fashionably late again Jonas. Loserrrrr move onnnn (R. I.P. Dusty/Phillip)

[@abigailmckernwalkingwithpo4582]

I hate drugs. They took him away from his kids and from his devoted audiences. He looked 20 years older than he was. I met him once I was so honoured and excited but he was off his face and it was very disappointing.... R.I.P.

[@FDguy343]

Imagine what he could have gone on to do?? Really? ......How about you imagine everything he’s already accomplished as the brilliant actor he was and *will always be*.

[@HuxleyWasRight]

bingo! was about to say the same thing, maybe the drugs and excesses were necessary for him to give us what he gave us ? maybe without them he wouldn't have had the confidence to even walk through the audition door ?

[@hilyfe01]

God rest his soul, and bless his family