Rightttt I just found a looooong interview with Phil about The Boat That Rocked and there was a moment where I was like... wait who does he remind me of right now?? And then I realized it was Cooper :') I watched so many interviews with Coop for IWYS, their little vocal inflections are just identical sometimes
it really is kind of interesting how attached people are to the idea of the improvised line and the genuine reaction in film. nearly every single famous moment or line has some sort of claim floating around that it wasn't in the script and was either made up on the spot by an actor or was sprung as a surprise on the actors to get their 'real' reaction. you know, sometimes people do come up with good lines in advance and write them down, and sometimes people can pretend to be have a convincing emotional response on screen
Cooper’s costar Olivia Wilde spoke about him and his parents at the premiere of I Want Your Sex in LA tonight ❤️
“I am so inspired by the respect and reverence he has for his dad. He really invoked his dad’s spirit often when were working. We both share, obviously, such an admiration for [Phil].
“I love the way Cooper speaks about both of his parents. He’s raised by amazing people and that’s one of the reasons he’s such a good guy. He’s just an astonishing person and talent. I think he’s the most interesting, exciting young talent working in Hollywood.”
When i was a child i often sees his face on the screen, mostly when i watch Hunger Games. Plutarch was a great character for me, a chessmaster, clever and manipulating like a "Masked Fool", tricking Snow for years, for a freedom, i'm devastated when we lost a flawless person among actors like him, it's bring some sort of taste whatever the movies is when Philip inside, truly. I've never bored to see his face and characters on my screen, most human Actor i've ever met. Happy Birthday Philip Seymour Hoffman ❤️ 🎉
The Hunger Games were my first introduction to Phil too, many years ago! I agree he was one of a kind ❤️ Happy birthday Phil! 🎂🎁🥰
"Being around Phil is a reminder of how rich and great life is." –Amy Ryan
"He gave life and honesty and breathed fullness into all his characters and work in the way only those who have been uniquely gifted and talented could chose to challenge and pursue the responsibility of possessing such a gift, with love and kindness." –Tom Hardy
"Phil is still with all of us who were blessed to know him (and/or his work)—forever." –Steven Schub
"Isn’t it worth grieving? Isn’t it worth destroying yourself in order to move on? Isn’t it worth going through whatever you need to go through in order to move on? Isn’t it worth loving somebody even if this might happen to you? Just a communal understanding that love is worth it; grieving love is also worth it and that it might be this interesting, this colorful, or this odd." –PSH
"Everybody on the planet, if looked at closely enough, is worthy of being loved with the most love that you could ever give." –PSH
Happy birthday, Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014)! ❤️
On the eve of Phil’s 59th birthday, here is one of his favorite poems <3 Phil was part of a 2008 anthology that collected beloved poems from several artists, and he selected a Eugene O’Neill piece as well as this one: “Inventing a Horse” by Meghan O’Rourke
I think I’m just appreciating a little personal full-circle moment right now, and I just felt like telling you that all of the memories and articles and interviews and quotes that you’ve taken a whole lot of care in collecting mean a lot. PSH changed my life in ways that I truly cannot explain or think about without my head exploding, and in looking back over some of it, I’m having a little chuckle that so many of the collections of his words I remember seeing were actually your posts. I didn’t realize it at the time. I get to spend my life hopefully leaving people better than I found them, because he taught me how, because you made sure he lived on, and we’re all just on one big weird ride together in the continuum. Not sure if that makes any damn sense at all but I thought you’d understand. He really helped save more people than he will ever know.
Hi sorry l've been sitting on this ask for a few days. Since you sent it last weekend l've been thinking about it and you and Phil, especially with his birthday this week
Thank you so much anon I'm very moved. I don't think it's a secret I haven't posted as much on this blog over the last several months. Part of that is just a lack of new stuff about Phil, which saddens me though it makes sense. But another factor is just how my relationship to him has naturally changed and grown over time
I remember on the 10th anniversary of his death—a milestone we were all dreading—one of Phil’s sisters said something about how it felt different this time, like he was telling us it was okay to move forward and let go of old ways of honoring or remembering him in favor of new ones. Because there are always new ones. I’ve held so much guilt about letting go of any little piece of him, hearing that was such a relief. Knowing that even people who were closest to him were navigating this morass of grief and healing in new ways
Phil is still so much a part of my life—his presence is not less, just different. In some ways it’s more internal and private now, which I’m less inclined to write about daily, and I’m comfortable with that
All of that to say, I’m still so proud of this blog/archive and everything I’ve put here. I made it to share Phil Hoffman with everybody who loves him and everyone who will. I use it as my own library—if there’s something I can’t remember off the top of my head or find in my notes, I know I put it here at some point lol. I’ve met incredible people and made so many beloved friends just by talking about Phil to anyone who will listen
So it means a lot a lot to hear that you also developed such a connection with Phil and that I/this blog was part of it. Right after you sent this ask, I went through a little notebook I keep where I write to Phil (if you think the things I share here are personal, sheesh…). It had been a while since I’d read half a decade’s worth of missives and it reminded me of what you said, about being a positive influence on other people because he was a positive influence on us
Having Phil in my life has been soul-shaking. Even if I don’t feel it as intensely day in and day out as I once did, the person I am today was forged in his fires. Putting aside the grief, which has maybe taught me the most, I am so much happier and braver and hopefully kinder and more alive than I ever was before. Like the world suddenly came into color when Phil showed up for me and sharing that zest for life with other people is the only thing that matters
(And whenever I worry if I’m sounding a little melodramatic about it all, I remember it really is that deep. It was then and it is now. The intensity at which I felt everything and still do… Being an exposed nerve is a gift in many ways and that’s an unforgettable lesson from Phil)
I’m so sorry for rambling. It’s been a while since I wrote any of these ideas out and it’s a floodgate yk. But thank you again for your very kind words I really choked up reading them. Phil was and is such a beautiful person and artist and light and we are so lucky fortunate blessed to be here together with him and each other
