The Industry Remembers Philip Seymour Hoffman

All over the web, those in film and theater are sharing their memories of the actor.

From actors to Internet personalities and seasoned journalists, everyone who worked with or interviewed Philip Seymour Hoffman seems to have been truly impacted by the actor whose legendary career was tragically ended far too soon.

Even those who didnt get the chance to meet him have been sharing thoughts on how his roles affected them both as filmgoers and film critics. His characters often make you feel as if youre a part of something much larger than whats being shown on screen or on stage and stay with you long after the credits roll and the curtains have closed.

Film critics, theater journalists, and actors share their personal memories of Hoffman and the influence his career had on their own.

"He set off small detonations whenever he appeared, and instantly amplified the stakes. He was the most electric actor of his generation."

- Scott Tobias, The Dissolve

"I've thought many times through the years about being blown away by that performance. About what a lesson it was in committing, digging deep, raising the stakes, going further. Philip Seymour Hoffman kept doing that. He never stopped doing it. He was incapable of not doing it."

- James Urbaniak, jamesurbaniak.tumblr.com

"I'll never, ever forget this man, an uncanny master of his craft. Phil, you've set the bar. Wherever you've gone, you'll here remain forever unmatched."

- Josh Ruben, joshruben.tumblr.com

"I have no illusions I was a journalist, not his friend in these encounters (calling to mind his film Almost Famous, in which his character Lester Bangs wisely tells an aspiring journalist, You can not make friends with the rock stars if you're going to be a true journalist, a rock journalist.) I did not know Hoffman personally. But I sure knew his work and, after these conversations, his level of commitment to it. For an actor as rare as Hoffman, his work is personal perhaps as personal as it gets."

- Barbara Chai, WSJ Speakeasy Blog

"A lot of deaths feel sad. Philip Seymour Hoffman's feels like a robbery."

- James Poniewozik, columnist for TIME

"While he may not have marched in parades, waved rainbow flags or partnered with gay rights groups, Hoffman put homosexuality front and center by portraying gay characters as being more than just gay."

- Brian Klonoski, PolicyMic.com

"...Hoffman was like an all-star utility player; there was seemingly nothing and no one he couldn't play onscreen and play it well. He had the charisma to be a leading man (Synecdoche, New York), the intensity to play a diabolical villain (Mission: Impossible III), the chops to do dark comedy (Punch-Drunk Love), and the mimicry skills to capture the essence of an iconic celebrity (Capote). From tiny indies (Love Liza) to the biggest of blockbusters (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), he could and did do it all."

- Matt Singer, The Dissolve

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