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>> VERY POIGNANT PROPHETIC
WORDS, INDEED.
WHAT WAS HE LIKE AS A MAN?
>> THEY'RE PRIVATE MEN.
HE REMAINED HUMBLE EVEN AFTER
ALL THE SUCCESS, HE STAYED VERY
HUMBLE, HE NEVER LOOKED FOR THE
LIMELIGHT, I THINK.
ED LIMELIGHT FOUND HIM, BUT HE
NEVER LOOKED FOR IT.
HE GOT INTO THE BUSINESS FOR THE
RIGHT REASONS, NOT FOR FAME OR
MONEY BUT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS,
TO SHOW HOW GREAT HE IS AT HIS
CRAFT.
>> YOU PRODUCED HIM, AND HE WAS
BRILLIANT IN CAPOTE.
AS AN ACTOR, WHAT MADE HIM SO
SPECIAL?
>> HE OPENED UP TO THEM, HIS
PIERS.
HE REALLY TAUGHT THEM, AND I
THINK HE SET THE BAR SO HIGH.
I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT CAPOTE,
IT'S A PERFORMANCE OF HIS THAT
SETS THE BAR HIGH FOR A LOT OF
ACTORS.
A THINK A LOT OF ACTORS ARE
SHOCKED.
WE HAD A RELATIONSHIP, WASN'T AN
EASY RELATIONSHIP, IT WASN'T A
FUN SET TO BE AROUND, PHIL
STAYED IN CHARACTER 24/7, AND
CAPOTE WAS NOT THE NICEST PERSON
TO BE AROUND.
I FIND A FOLLOW-UP PROJECT WITH
HIM AND WE'D E-MAIL AND SEE EACH
OTHER.
>> HE MADE SOME OF THE GREAT
MOVIES OVER THE LAST 30, 40
YEARS.
SO MANY OF THEM.
I SAW PEOPLE PUTTING UP STUFF ON
TWITTER AND FACEBOOK, SNAPSHOTS
OF HIS PERFORMANCES.
THIS GUY, THE RANGE OF
BRILLIANCE IS ALMOST UNIQUE OUT
THERE.
>> I AGREE, I THINK YOU CAN
WATCH HIS ENTIRE FILMOGRAPHY AND
YOU WILL HAVE A TERRIFIC TIME.
THAT'S HARD TO SAY ABOUT MANY
ACTORS.
HE SELECTED MOVIE ROLLS AS WELL.
WE HAD TO BREAKTHROUGH IT WITH
CAPOTE, HE WAS NOT A LEADING
MANNING, AND I THINK HE PROVED
WHAT A TRUE LEADING MAN HE IS IN
NOT JUST THE CHARACTER ACTOR,
HE'S A MAN THAT BROUGHT HIS A
GAME EVERY TIME.