Award-winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in Manhattan

[floridaorange]

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Feeling better but had no idea how much I'd connected with his characters and performances. He inspired me to become an artist and take a shot at acting too, something I'm still working at (going on 5 yrs). I'll probably never fully get over him leaving the stage like this, but as mentioned, it's his family that are at a loss. His gf's (or ex gf's) sister lives in Orlando. Hoffman came here on multiple occaisions and spoke at our Shakespeare theater, I found this out today. I also had a headshot session the day of his death with an actor that had just finished working with Hoffman in Atlanta on the latest Hunger Games..she had a lot to say about her experience with him, some good, some not, but that's expected.

[KiwiTollway]

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If possible, maybe take a day or weekend and immerse yourself in watching his films. Was he ever on The Actor's Studio? You could watch that also. I'll bet you wish you had seen him in person when he was in your town-- I hate those missed opportunities. But since he inspired you to become an actor, he served his purpose in your life, ya? The more we learn about his last day, the more troubled everyone can see he really was. Or was he just reckless? idk about such things. Sorry again for your loss.

[audrey_w]

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RIP. Shows how little I follow films that I've never heard of him and didn't even recognise his face??
I wonder sometimes about the acting profession and the effect it might have on the mind. Pretending to be people that didn't exist, in stories that didn't happen may take its toll on people and their grasp of reality, who knows?
Combine that state of mind with anything mind altering and and/or the reverence actors receive from the masses and it's possible people end up in a completely different world to the rest of us.
Peace

[slothful bi]

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Ha whatevr. A sad loss and a great actor. RIP

[KiwiTollway]

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RIP. Shows how little I follow films that I've never heard of him and didn't even recognise his face??
I wonder sometimes about the acting profession and the effect it might have on the mind. Pretending to be people that didn't exist, in stories that didn't happen may take its toll on people and their grasp of reality, who knows?
Combine that state of mind with anything mind altering and and/or the reverence actors receive from the masses and it's possible people end up in a completely different world to the rest of us.
Peace

So true! I read about Hoffman that when he was acting in his last role live on Broadway, the character he played had deep aspects of self-loathing that Hoffman [I'm confident acted spot on] had some trouble coping with since having to play the role some 8 times a week. I read it took a definite toll on him. Great performances are wonderful, but not worth any "toll" on your well being in my opinion. State of mind is everything and sometimes life can take you to dark, mysterious places that are hard to get up & out of. RIP P.S.Hoffman!!

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RIP. Shows how little I follow films that I've never heard of him and didn't even recognise his face??

1991 - 2014. You might've missed out on the better part of two decades

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (filming)
Plutarch Heavensbee

2014

Happyish (TV Series) (post-production)
Thom Payne

2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (post-production)
Plutarch Heavensbee

2014

A Most Wanted Man
Günther Bachmann

2014

God's Pocket
Mickey Scarpato

2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Plutarch Heavensbee

2012

Back Beyond (Video short)
Lancaster Dodd

2012

A Late Quartet
Robert Gelbart

2012

The Master
Lancaster Dodd

2011

Moneyball
Art Howe

2011

The Ides of March
Paul Zara

2011

A Child's Garden of Poetry (TV Movie) (voice)

2010

Jack Goes Boating
Jack

2009

Arthur (TV Series)
Will Toffman- No Acting Please/Prunella Deegan and the Disappointing Ending (2009) ... Will Toffman (voice)

2009

The Invention of Lying
Jim the Bartender

2009

Pirate Radio
The Count

2009

Mary and Max
Max Jerry Horovitz (voice)

2008/I

Doubt
Father Brendan Flynn

2008

Synecdoche, New York
Caden Cotard

2007

Charlie Wilson's War
Gust Avrakotos

2007

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Andy

2007

The Savages
Jon Savage

2006

Mission: Impossible III
Owen Davian

2005

Capote
Truman Capote

2005

Empire Falls (TV Movie)
Charlie Mayne

2005

Strangers with Candy
Henry

2004

Along Came Polly
Sandy Lyle

2003

Cold Mountain
Reverend Veasey

2003

Mattress Man Commercial (Video short)
Dean Trumbell

2003

Owning Mahowny
Dan Mahowny

2002

25th Hour
Jacob Elinsky

2002

Red Dragon
Freddy Lounds

2002

Punch-Drunk Love
Dean Trumbell

2002

Love Liza
Wilson Joel

2000

Almost Famous
Lester Bangs

2000

State and Main
Joseph Turner White

1999

The Talented Mr. Ripley
Freddie Miles

1999

Magnolia
Phil Parma

1999

Flawless
Rusty

1998

Patch Adams
Mitch

1998

Happiness
Allen

1998

The Big Lebowski
Brandt

1998

Next Stop Wonderland
Sean

1998

Montana
Duncan

1997

Liberty! The American Revolution (TV Mini-Series)
Joseph Plumb Martin- The Times That Try Men's Souls: 1776-1777 (1997) ... Joseph Plumb Martin
- Oh, Fatal Ambition: 1777-1778 (1997) ... Joseph Plumb Martin
- The Reluctant Revolutionaries: 1763-1774 (1997) ... Joseph Plumb Martin
- Blows Must Decide: 1774-1776 (1997) ... Joseph Plumb Martin

1997

Culture (Short)
Bill

1997

Boogie Nights
Scotty J.

1996

Twister
Dustin Davis

1996

Hard Eight
Young Craps Player (as Phillip Seymour Hoffman)

1995

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet (Short)
Bernardo / Horatio / Laertes (as Philip S. Hoffman)

1994

Nobody's Fool
Officer Raymer

1994

When a Man Loves a Woman
Gary

1994

The Yearling (TV Movie)
Buck

1994

Szuler
Martin

1994

The Getaway
Frank Hansen (as Philip Hoffman)

1993

Money for Nothing
Cochran (as Philip S. Hoffman)

1993

My Boyfriend's Back
Chuck Bronski (as Philip Hoffman)

1993

Joey Breaker
Wiley McCall

1992

Scent of a Woman
George Willis, Jr. (as Philip S. Hoffman)

1992

Leap of Faith
Matt

1992

My New Gun
Chris

1991

Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
Klutch (as Phil Hoffman)

1991

Law & Order (TV Series)
Steven Hanauer- The Violence of Summer (1991) ... Steven Hanauer (as Philip Hoffman)

[Jenks]

Re: Award-winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in Manhattan

Russell Brand: Philip Seymour Hoffman is another victim of extremely stupid drug laws | Comment is free | The Guardian

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I get where Brand is coming from on this issue but I'm not sure if it has any bearings on Hoffman or his death. After all Hoffman was no criminal as such. It seems like he's using Hoffman for his own agenda.

On a tangential note, Aaron Swartz's depression and suicide was a direct result of the miscarriage of copyright law.

[rewing3]

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Sad News, Another actor that died to soon. Its just sad that the media are making this story even worse. Just let him rest in peace.

[Jenks]

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I get where Brand is coming from on this issue but I'm not sure if it has any bearings on Hoffman or his death.

Have you read this? Russell Brand: my life without drugs | Culture | The Guardian

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I understand the point that drug users should not be treated as criminals, and it's because of the criminalization of drugs that they're treated so. When I was on Bluelight we were huge proponents of harm minimization.

But what was Brand suggesting then, that Hoffman couldn't get help because as a drug user he would've been treated as a criminal? The criminality of drugs prevented him from seeking help?

I'm not trying to be contrary, just trying to get a clearer understanding. I thought there're rehab or help options. Brand said as much:

I could have passed on to her the solution that was freely given to me. Don't pick up a drink or drug, one day at a time. It sounds so simple. It actually is simple but it isn't easy: it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring. Not to mention that the whole infrastructure of abstinence based recovery is shrouded in necessary secrecy. There are support fellowships that are easy to find and open to anyone who needs them but they eschew promotion of any kind in order to preserve the purity of their purpose, which is for people with alcoholism and addiction to help one another stay clean and sober.

Was it the fear of criminalization that isolated Hoffman and lead to the OD?

[KiwiTollway]

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Have you read this? Russell Brand: my life without drugs | Culture | The Guardian

I enjoyed brand's candor in this article. At risk of appearing naive & stupid, is there no 'hangover' or other unsavory next-day side effects of using heroin? Hard to imagine the high is such a relief that you'd neglect your kids or risk your life for it. What he's saying is that it's more than "filling a hole" or a coping strategy for "negative data" in one's life, it chases after you in a way that mere willpower or self restraint is often futile?

[floridaorange]

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So drug addicts shouldn't be held accountable for taking drugs now?

Same with smokers?

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It's so complicated. I've seen two documentaries on the war on drugs and its failure. The stance is that it's an illness and drug users should be treated as such, like depression, etc, who require help.

Criminalization doesn't help at all because whoever gets caught gets fed into the system, and prison time doesn't help.

It's further complicated by the privatization of prisons, low-level corner drug dealers getting picked up and feeding the privatized machine, cops having to meet arrest quotas ...

I'm just not seeing how the criminalization of drugs lead to Hoffman's death as Brand said.