June Stein: What is that bridge? How do you get to something that is not you? How do you make it your own so deeply and authentically, that you can do a role like Capote or any number of the audacious roles you’ve done? How can a director help someone do that? Is that even possible?
Philip Seymour Hoffman: I think it is. The more you get to know an actor, the more likely it is that you can reach a point where you are able to say, “In this moment I think you would feel much better doing this. But this guy does that. Do you see the difference?” The big thing I learned from Tony is how to look at acting as an art form. It is an art form, not just literal representations. You’re really creating something. You’re using your imagination, looking at life—your life, other people’s lives—and exploring them in such a way that you get a sense of things.
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