: hoffman spent a huge amount of time at miller's apartment studying old film. >> hoffman ( as truman capote on you, personally... >> hoffman: he leans right in there. i mean, the guy's not even looking at him but he's... ( as capote): it had that effect on me. >> bennett miller: i mean, look at how he adjusts himself to the guy, you know. >> kroft: plumbing the depths of capote's life and his own to try and capture the character and get inside his head. he was worried that the line between parody and perfection was razor thin. >> hoffman: i knew that this was going to be something that the risk quotient was high. >> kroft: why was it high risk? >> miller: just the possibility of humiliation. >> hoffman: yeah, failing was high. yeah, it was huge. people knew who he was. he's an iconic figure. i just... the fear, the nightmare or the fear of just being embarrassingly bad in the role was very real. ( as capote ): this research and this work have changed my life. >> kroft: how did you identify with him? >> hoffman: the ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting

characters, he was nominated for four academy awards, he won the oscar for best actor for his role as truman capote in the 2005 film capote he received nomination as his role in death of a salesman, here to talk about philip seymour hoffman two, film critics who know his work very well, david denby of the new yorker magazine and ao tony scott of "the new york times", i am pleased to have them here at this table. so i begin by asking you, just to think out loud about philip seymour hoffman. >> well, you know, when i heard the news yesterday, it came as a real shock, obviously, being as young as he was and very much it seemed in his prime, having just recently in the master on the screen and death of a salesman on the stage, delivered two just extraordinary performances. and i was, felt much more personally affected by this than by many celebrity passings and i didn't know him at all, i never met him, but we are about the same age and i felt like my education as a moviegoer, and then as a film critic was in a way linked with his career, the movies that mattered to me in the late nineties some of the

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my name is truman capote. >> reporter: a role he threw himself into. >> i read the biography and i became somewhat obsessed, you know, with the whole idea of the story and that's really how i keyed in. >> reporter: hoffman's last public appearance was just weeks ago at the sundance film festival. fellow actors, neighbors, and fans were shocked with the news. hoffman's family is asking for privacy. >> i did everything i could. >> okay. >> i truly did. >> reporter: philip seymour hoffman leaves bhient a partner and three young children. he was 46. >>> well, today, another winter storm is moving from the ohio valley into the mid-atlantic. this is the "cbs morning news." >> announcer: this portion of cbs news sponsored by silk. try almond milk light original with half the calories of skim milk. original with half the calories of skim milk. [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents -- awesome. but now you can use them to make pizza night awesome, too. unroll, separate, add sauce, pepperoni, cheese, and fold. behold: weeknight crescent pizza pockets party. pillsbury crescents. make dinner pop. pil

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truman capote who had his own struggles with drugs and alcohol lived to be 59.something capote famously said, interviewed on stage in 1978. the interviewer said what's going to happen unless you lick this problem of drugs and alcohol. capote's answer is famous, the obvious answer is eventually i'll kill myself without meaning to. that is the challenge for so many people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. in particular substances like heroin, people believe it was found. this is an epidemic getting a lot of news coverage. >> vermont governor. >> vermont govern dedicated news conference to the epidemic in the state. with philip seymour hoffman, it's an epidemic every day. >> while it's been public knowledge philip seymour hoffman had been struggling with drugs. most recently last year, maybe a year after, how long has this struggle with drugs been going on. are we talking about other types of addictions or has it always been heroin? >> the way he describes it publicly, it dates back to his youth. early 20s i believe is the right time. he said he tried everythi

he won an oscar for his role as truman capote. he died of a heroin overdose. they remember him in his role for money ball. >> he really seemed to go for challenging roles. now the 46-year-old had a history of addiction and had checked himself in to a rehabilitation center and he had three children with his girlfriend. he reportedly had 7 days of filming left for part two and it is unclear how they will work around his absence but his death will not affect the movie's release date. it is scheduled to be released this november. >>> he claimed the life of a 33- year-old man. police received a call about a man who was not breathing. police say when they arrived on san antonio way they found the victim had been shot to death. several search warrants had been out there to find but the actual killing of a fellow police officer could lead to changes by bart police. sergeant smith was killed during the search of somebody's apartment last month. it was the 4th shooting and some critics are now renewing their call for bart police officers to be disarmed and they are aski

an oscar for aon 2005 portrayal of truman capote and several nominations for his -- several tony nominationsfor his work on broadway. you are watching the headlines this afternoon. protesters ton reduce threats and ultimatums as viktor yanukovych returns to work. rome, a conference on humanitarian aid to syria has heard that the international community has failed the syrians, according to italy's foreign minister, emma bonino, speaking at the conference at of the after one bloodiest weekends in aleppo this year. allegationscalls made by his adopted daughter untrue and disgraceful. it is a trip that is being tipped as one of the biggest shows of interest by western investors in iran in more than a decade. around 100 french investors are said to be represented. the three-dave is it comes after president hassan rouhani spoke visit -- the three-day comes after president hassan group. spoke to the >> is the biggest show of interest in a run by western businesses in over -- >> it is the big show of interest in iran by western businesses in over a decade. renault is among the companies visiting ira

he was nominated for four oscars winning best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of truman capote. a troll he threw himself into. >> it was a bye yoking fee and came so in much in the story. >> his last public appearance was just weeks ago at the sun dance film festival. hoffman's family is asking for privacy. >> "i did everything i could, okay. " >> reporter: he leaves behind a partner and three young children. he was 46. >> and autopsy will be conducted tomorrow. hoffman also had quite a claim on broadway. currently filming two movies and going to firm in a new tv series. >>> a three-year-old girl was found dead in her home in napa. questioning two people one of them her own mother. 23-year-old sara krueger. krueger and her boyfriend 26- year-old ryan scott warner were taken into custody this morning. kpix 5's john -- don join us from napa. >> reporter: everybody know everybody in this apartment building. and they noticed yesterday the couple had left around 10:00 in the morning with some luggage without the little girl. police were called for a welfare check and they found the l

hoffman won an actor for his portrayal of truman capote in the 2005 movie "capote" and he was nominatedhree times along with three tony nominations. he also directed films and plays. well, philip seymour hoffman was in the middle of filming "hunger games 2" when he died. entertainment reporter initial turner has mo nichelle turner had reaction. >> philip seymour hoffman's family released a statement saying they were devastated what they called a very tragic and sad loss. they also asked for time to grieve. they asked for people to respect their privacy. they also said they would not be make anything further statements at this time. there is a lot still going on in this investigation into what happened, how, in fact, he died. but what we do know is that hollywood is also reacting to this now. many celebrities tweeting out condolences to his family and their thoughts on philip seymour hoffman's passing. we also know that he had a lot of projects in the works. he had joined "the hunger games" franchise. we just saw him in "the hunger games: catching fire." he had finished filming "mockingj

truman capote. to the cult leader lancaster dodd.o his role in lester banks in "almost famous" where he made outsiders feel like they belong. >> women will always be a problem for guys like us. most of the great art in the world is about that very problem. good looking people, they got no spine. their art never lasts. they get the girls. we're smarter. >> yeah. i can really see that now. >> yeah, because great art is about guilt and longing and, you know, love disguises sex and sex disguises love. face it. you got a big head start. >> glad you were home. >> i'm always home. i'm on call. >> me, too. >> you're doing great. the only true currency in this bankrupt is what you share with someone else when you're uncool. >> "there was no actor in our time who more ably suggested that each of us is a sum of our secrets. no actor who better let us know what he knew which is when each of us returns alone to our room, all bets are off." everyone who's watched philip seymour hoffman is shaking their head in disbelief and despair. joining me, da

. >> my name is truman capote. but better known for his breakthrough performances in boogie nights and the talented mr. ripley, magnolia and almost famous. >> i'm just grateful for the parts to come my way. >> on broadway, hoffman received two-toney award nominations for best actor. he also directed countless plays. but he had a public battle against addiction. last may he entered a rehab facility for substance abuse. on sunday police found the 46-year-old actor dead at his new york city apartment. hits family released this statement. >> >> sea mother hoffman grew up in fair port new york and attended tisch school of arts. leaves behind long time partner and their three children. >> and joining us now for more on the death of phillip seymour hoffman. bill, such a huge loss for so many in hollywood. quite a career and resume. talk about his rise to fame. yeah, absolutely, not just in hollywood but new york specifically, the new york film community and the theater community as well. one of the -- one of the things ph

i mean, the truman capote thing that you showed, he's breaking up in that scene, but that movie -- inle and calculation and ambition. it's an extremely rich performance, as so many of them were. >> i want to show another clip that you suggested that we show tonight from "capote." let's look at that. >> we're not so different as you might think. i was abandoned repeatedly as a child. my mom would drag me along to some new town so she could take up with another man she'd met. and night after night she'd lock me in the hotel room alone. mom would turn the latch and tell the staff not to let me out no matter what. and i was terrified. i'd scream my head off. until finally i'd collapse on the carpet next to the door and i'd fall asleep. >> david, it was one of the most deserved best actor oscars ever awarded. >> yeah. you see the brilliant technique. that high, thin sort of goose quill voice, you know, of truman capote's but also this anxiety and this sadness. this guy really understood loneliness and defeat. and you showed that in some of your earlier clips. he understood what it was to b

. >> and one of the best actor won the prize for his portrayal of truman capote in the film "capote," but throughout his career hoffman was tortured by his struggles with drug addiction and talked about it openly to steve kroft on 60 minutes in 2006. >> so this was drugs or alcohol or both? >> ah, yes, all of that stuff. yeah. i couldn't keep my hand off of it, yeah, yeah. i liked it all. yeah. >> and why did you decide to stop? >> you get panicked. you get panicked. it was-- i was 22 and i got pan milked for my life. >> reporter: hoffman had reportedly checked him, himself into rehab this past month after being sober for 23 years he shared three children with is parnter mimi donald, as for he shared three children with his partner, mimi o'donnell, who is a costume designer. as for his work, he almost finished shooting mocking jay the final installment of "the hunger games" trilogy yesterday the studios says they will finish the film. >> anita thank you very much. we will move now to america's biggest sporting event of the year in what may be the most hyped super bowl ever. it is the

ty six years old won the oscar for best actor for his two thousand and five portrayal of writer truman capote the b also featured in films including the big lebowski almost famous boogie nights and most recently in the hunger games series of films. the actor who previously struggled with drug addiction and over sixty film credits his name. i the news on him on. move lula er. eu. each expression and tone stuart said to make a much anticipated return to tv three months after he was forced off the at the same he said is set to return to friday night tv this week up to any deal was signed with attention channel nbc the renowned sharon who was called off the ever night then but by satellite channels cpc following an episode which mocks general chief of health at lcc. he said show is set to return as the man that rewrites government continues to crack down on the muslim brotherhood and its post is mostly in fourteen of the defendants are currently on trial. the comedian is accused of representatives and auntie led by telstra's business kristin mohamad will see. ironically he said was subject to an

he won accolades for his oscar win for trail of writer truman capote. the tragic end to the night of one of the actions of his generation seymour hoffman's body remained in his twenties vintage apartment the most nuanced comic appearance making a nice pint when the sun down. it's our job is to me. to do right by it charter. i know it hopefully this. this exhibit it's great to be portrayed oh please. it always value meal real culminated in. okok ninety in two thousand and six. hollywood is morning he's announced a joke pretty kind to a position. who knows what he would've been able to do the will of the legacy of the working time. and on the first of the potential to him. more likely to aim for it's the like. i think i set my watch when first. to translate. mickelson spring long story in them the property taking a toll on land they need constant struggle with the speed demons. for one of the greats hundred koreans. she asked me to remove the listener. as always time to write down here to give you remember we have plenty more news including about the olym

a sizable man, hoffman convincingly transformed on screen into the author truman capote. a seminole experience for the actor. >> when i got "scent of a woman" when i was 24 years old, the director grabbed me and said, you got the part. >> reporter: hoffman continued to make a name for himself in the highly regarded "boogie nights," a period piece. the intense hoffman garnered three tony nominations as well as three others for best supporting actor. for ""charlie wilson's war"" as a nonconforming cia agent. >> since there's no other reason i should be here, let's assume i'm pretty good at. this. >> what did you hear? what did you see that convinced you so thoroughly? >> reporter: in real life hoffman was a man who struggled with addiction. he told "60 minutes" he nearly died of substance abuse after he graduated from nyu. >> everything i could get my hands on, yeah. i liked it all. >> reporter: just last year hoffman revealed that he checked into a rehab facility last may for prescription drug and heroin use. a private unassuming man, hoffman will be remembered for his rol

was nominated for four academy awards and won best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of the writer truman capote. scott, the door to the apartment was double locked from the inside. police say that indicates hoffman was alone at the time of his death. the medical examiner is expected he's still working on the cause of death but is expected to release preliminary information as early as tomorrow. >> pelley: and repeating for clarity, there were 70 drug packets in the apartment. don, thanks very much. hoffman's death serves as a reminder that america has a big drug problem. the northeast and some other parts of the country are seeing an increase right now in deaths from heroin laced with additives. vanita nair looked into that for us. >> reporter: family and friends gathered today for the wake of tyler seeger. the 19-year-old died from an apparent heroine overdose. he is the third heroin overdose victim in just one week in the suburbs north of new york city. how did you guys get the heroin in these bags? >> we go out and do street level buys out of in street. >> reporter: chris goldrick is the hea

. >> foot foot 10, but took on and owned that role of truman capote as 5'3". have a household name. that would be fair to say? >> that is absolutely fair to say. this is a new york guy. not a hollywood actor. he is extremely hum ball. he thought of himself as a character actor first and foremost who happened to become one of the most respected and biggest stars. in copoety, his oscar-winning role. he would treat into himself to play that role. it's just brilliance. >> he spent four months isolating himself getting into that character. thank you very much. coming up next, bee will talk to someone who struggled with addiction herself and addicted to heroin living on the streets and overdosed. she is a mother of and a job. what is so wrong with this drug. 23 years sober she is. that's next. [ park sounds, sound of spray paint ] ♪ we asked people a question, how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? $500,000. maybe half-million. say a million dollars. [ dan ] then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. ♪ i was tr

he won the oscar eight years ago for his role of truman capote.cting is a day-to-day thing. that's why doing theater is so important to me. >> what does that mean day-to-day? >> you're only as good as what you're doing right then. i truly believe it. acting is not something that is put on a canvas that you can put up on a wall and come by and see whenever want to come by and see it. it's really what you do on that day. it's what you do on that day when i'm satisfied. >> so passionate about his -- >> profoundly talented. "death of a salesman." >> and still so young, too. still so ♪ >>> first on "cbs this morning," >>> on "cbs this morning," sarah jessica parker's new job away from the stage. why she's jumping into her new role as a designer feet first, you could say. plus, does she have designs on yet another career? sarah jessica parker in studio 57 coming up ahead on "cbs this morning." morning." > th >> announcer: this morning's eye opener at 8:00 is sponsored by prudential. prudential, bring your challenges. ribbon to show how many years that a

>> what a stunning actor he was, "truman capote.eymour, found dead in an apparent drug overdose in manhattan. sources tell cnn he was discovered by a writer, playwright who apparently was working with him on a project and had access to his apartment, i'm told. he was found about 11:15 sunday morning, discovered in the bathroom of his apartment. sources tell us that his colleague found him with a needle in one of his arms. he was pronounced dead at the scene by the new york police department. they remain at the scene at this hour as they tried to piece more details together of exactly what led up to this. certainly tragic news. >> susan, graphic detail there. you're talking about eyewitness accounts of a needle found in one of his arms. it has been pretty public his struggle with drugs in the past. he was in a rehab facility last year, in fact, because of his use of heroin. what more do you know about what his friends, colleagues said about his struggle with drugs over the years and struggle trying to get help? >> reportedly, he has

in 2005, hoffman got his biggest role yet as author truman capote. >> when can we arrange an interview acceptance speech, he thanked his mom for taking him to his first play. a famously private man, he was known as a doting father to the three children he had with his long time girlfriend. just last year there were warning signs in his fight to stay sober, he revealed to several news outlets he had checked into a rehab facility for prescription drug and heroin use. as we mourn and reflect on his impressive body of work, more than 50 movies and tonys on broadway, it seems like he was just getting started. we did not lose just a very good actor, we may have lost the best one we had. that's it for us, thanks again for watching.

hoffman was an academy award for best actor in 2626 for playing truman capot and known and respectedrse as a result in take on a wide range of roles. he was 46. >>> let than an hour away from super bowl kickoff, super bowl 48, the denver broncos taking on the seahawks at metlife stadium. no big party scene in the parking lot because tailgating is not allowed part of the ramped up security for the big game so close to new york city with dozens of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies keeping a chose eye. back to "media buzz," with howard kurtz. have a great week. >>> a rant seen around the world when rip arrested sherman went off after playing the play that sent the the seahawks to today's super bowl the. >> take me through the final play. >> i'm the best in the game. when you give me someone lick crabtree that is the result. don't you of talk about me. >> who was talking about you? >> crabtree. don't you open your mouth about the best. >> i spotted the fox sportscaster at the media day in new york and we ran over with our cameras. >> erin andrews what everyone wants to k

philip seymour hoffman won the oscar for the title role in truman capote in 2005.topsy. a friend found the actor's body in his apartment in manhattan's west village. near his body cops say investigators found prescription drugs and at least 50 bags of heroin. 50. sources say the needle was still in his arm. fox news confirm that investigators are trying to track down surveillance video from a bank near the actor's apartment in the west village. that's where a witness reportedly told cops he saw man he believed to be philip seymour hoffman buying drugs a couple hours earlier. the witness says he saw philip seymour hoffman withdraw large amounts of cash from an atm. hundreds of friends and family members and fans for that matter, have gathered outside his apartment to mourn the actor's death in the heavy snow today. fellow actors took to twitter. he had three children with his partner of 15 years, and young children as well. julie has the latest on the reaction and is live in the west village. a lot of disturbing details today, julie. >> absolutely. we all heard abou

in 2005 he landed the part of truman capote in the buy graphical film, artfully mimicking capote's bodylisp. the interpretation of his psychological self earned him an academy award. hoffman, who struggled with substance abuse early in his career, had spent decades clean. last year checking himself into a detox facility for drug abuse, including heroin. a father of three, hoffman died sunday morning at his home in greenwich village of an apparent overdose. the star of screen and stage was just 46. abc news, new york. >> he was found in his apartment by a friend, david katz, who found him, called 911. he said that he just saw hoffman last week. that he was sober. and he thought that hoffman's drug days were over. >> so insidious. these relapses, i suppose. and they found out that -- well, they suspected what's up. we better check on him, see if he's okay because he was supposed to pick his kids up from school, which he did all the time, according to residents in the neighborhood. he loved his kids. good dad, doting dad anyway. he obviously couldn't pick them up from school because that's

hoffman won an oscar for the memorable portrayal of truman capote in the biopic.for three other awards, including loose cannon cia veteran in "charlie wilson's war." >> here's a test. you see the nerdy looking kid in the white shirt playing against the four guys at once? >> yeah. >> which one of the guys do you think is a strategic weapons expert with the cia? >> hmm. >> that wasn't a trick question, charlie. it's the nerdy looking kid in the white shirt. no reason this can't be fun, you know. >> it's one of the quasi political roles that hoffman played in recent years. >> so you're saying there's a good chance you won't win? >> no, don't twist my words, what i'm saying is i'm not going to promise you we will win. he protested the second, left the state with a balanced budget and fourth highest education rate, the republicans have no one out there that can touch this guy. so for this moment, this election, this primary is the presidential. and this, ida, is the state of the union. >> he was also an envelope-pushing 1960s deejay provoking the british government in

>> everybody thinks it's truman capote. >> it looks like him.n here is a collection of photographs. >> there's some poetry and you know some articles about things we found really interesting over the year. >> you go on a journey, you take your camera and you and nan together do it. >> and other people, too. we assign things just like a magazine does. these are some pictures taken up in harlem. >> are you ever without your camera? >> well, nan tells a story to a well-known fashion photographer, he was saying he was going away and she says bruce always takes his camera. he says i never take my camera on my vacation. i couldn't imagine going away without my camera. i couldn't handle it. >> i would be like you. not because you're going out to take pictures every but but you may see something. some people would argue it's not about taking picture. you want to enjoy it and you don't need to take a picture to enjoy. >> you know i just feel, charlie, like that. that's the thing i really hoped my photographs show is that you know photography might be a s

and truman capote refusing to play at camp but showing the corners of great troubled writer's character. i prefer to remember him as the character of freddy out front, him the actor in the back, wondering what it was like to be mr. ripley, with truth invading his soul and knowing he must confront and defeat this menace or fall before it. philip seymour hoffman, the best of the best. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. for the first time in 3 1/2 weeks, governor chris christie has spoken publicly about bridge-gate in an hour-long radio appearance that concluded just minutes ago. >> so let's talk about some of the new developments that have been going on, and i want to talk a little bit about david wildstein as we open up this program. your former appointee to the port authority claimed through his lawyer that he's got evidence to show that you knew about the lane closings in ft. lee while they were happening. your office put out a pretty strong response to alan zegas' letter.

he won the oscar for best actor in 2005 for his portrayal of truman capote.ur offman was 46. >> the south is dealing with a new round of winter weather. texas hit with sleet and snow, and that snow, sleet, freezing rain stretching from the lone star state all the way to tennessee. at least 700 flights have been canceled out of the dallas-ft. worth airport out of the storm. another system is expected to reach the southeast by tuesday. i'm harris faulkner. on big fox and super bowl sunday, the broncos have yet to score. seattle beating them 22-0. again, it's just at the half. i know what's coming back right now, huckabee. >>> this weekend, the world's eyes are going to be on the new york/new jersey metropolitan area for the super bowl. where the seahawks and their fierce defense are going to look to spoil broncos quarterback peyton manning's dream season. drew brees knows, well, he knows a lot about what it's like to beat peyton in the big game. his new orleans saints upset manning when he was with the indianapolis colts in super bowl xliv. brees was named the

in 2006, he won the oscar for best actor for his portrayal of writer truman capote. here's a short clip from that movie in which capote is asked about his feelings for one of the murderers he's writing about. catherine keener plays his friend, harper lee. >> fall in love with her. >> it's as if we grew newspaper the same house. one day he too up and went out the back door. and i went out the front. >> are you kidding me. >> no. >> ann hornaday reviews films for "the washington post" and joins me now. you started your remembrance today writing philip seymour hoffman wasn't a movie star in the conventional sense of the term. what was he? >> well, he was a classic character actor, you know. i mean these are the actors, yeoman working man guys who can disappear into roles and become the people they are playing, slip into them effortlessly and also by the way, make the stars around them look all the more credible for their own honesty and truth seeking. >> i was thinking for a lot of us shall and i'm one. we started watching this guy in films, something striking about him

a sizeable man, hoffman convincingly transformed on screen into the slim, high-voice author, truman capote. in 1992, a small role in "scent of a woman" gave hoffman his big break. >> when i got "scent of a woman" and the casting director ran out of the office and grabbed me in the hallway and said you've got the part, i don't think i'ven more joyful since that moment. >> reporter: he continued to make a name for himself in the highly regarded "boogie nights," a period piece that intertwined with the adult film industry. a student of the theater, hoffman landed his first professional stage role before he graduated from high school. he then went on to study acting at new york university, and enjoyed a career on stage and on screen. >> i like mixing them up. that's what i've been doing. and i'll keep doing. as much as it makes people crazy. >> reporter: who does it make crazy? >> depends on the day. depends on the day. yeah, it, does you know. yeah, i'll keep doing that. it's just -- i don't know how to do it any other way than that. >> reporter: the versatile intense hoffman garnered three t

. >> hoffman said he'd fought with the director in the editing room to show truman capote in the mosttors fight to come off more not less likable. not their vanity. hoffman's vanity was a kind of anti--vanity. he honed in on the grotesque. he thought you'd have more empathy for people who were reprehensible because down deep he said, we all know how flawed we are. that anti--vanity emboldened him. it made him so brave. regarding his riveting smugness dark dash. >> gorgeous as always. >> as a rich boy the talented mr. ripley. see his sweaty desperation as addict in the vicious thriller. >> promises were made. >> not by me. >> marvel at his defiant, disheveledness, as a spy who knows he's better than anyone else in "charlie wilson's law." >> i learned -- which will come in handy here in virginia. >> watch how he captures a possibly pedophile priest, obscene ease with himself in "doubt." >> when you are lost you are not alone. >> so many brilliant turns. >> one of my favorites is his least grotesque, a son coping with a demented dad in "the savages." >> the landscaping, the neighborhoods

hoffman leaves a body of work including his portrayal of truman capote in "capote." >> he says i feelting me. do you think i took this job to spite you? i was writing the crypt as they were filming all that time in italy. i worked like mad all day long, then dashed down to the bar. >> joining me is variety's -- thank you for joining. when this news passed yesterday over social media and people started tweeting it out, first you don't believe it. then i recalled just this blip of a story not long ago where he discussed his drug addiction, his past drug addition and having struggles. then we heard nothing until last night. >> a lot of people thought it wasn't real, it was a hoax, how could this be. he struggled with drug addiction throughout his 20s and went to rehab last year. and i think a lot of people thought this is something that he'd overcome, doing better. he was at the sun dance film festival. >> what do we know about his time at the festival. i heard some reports that he seemed out of it and others say he seemed quite normal. >> he was often kind of disheveled and he wasn't an

even high pitch short structure truman capote. in real-life philip seymour hoffman worked with a man that discovered >> when you are an actor you literally pick the two or more higher bid you will be for the rest of your life. >> pam: joan mondale. the woman who built a reputation as a national cultural arts advocate while her husband was vice president. has died. >> pam: her family issued a statement through their church saying she died monday afternoon with family by her side. >> pam: mondale was nicknamed "joan of art" because she was so passionate about the arts. >> pam: she was an avid potter when her husband walter. then a democratic u.s. senator from minnesota. was elected jimmy carter's vice president in 1976. >> reporter:it's the winter that just won't quit. >> reporter:the east coast is getting blasted with cold air and snow once again.while much of the midwest braces for an ice storm. stacey cohan reports. >> reporter:had enough yet? >> reporter:if snow is not your thing, then this is not the winter for you. in parts of

the breakout role came as truman capote, a role that earned him academy award for best actor.in "death of a salesman." hoffman's life was marked by alcohol and drug dependence and struggles to get sober at a young age. >> i got sober when i was 22 years old. yeah. >> so this was drugs or alcohol or both? >> yeah, it was all that stuff, yeah. anything i could get my hands on, man. yeah. yeah, i liked it all. yeah. >> and why did you decide to stop? >> you get panicked. you get panicked. i was 22, and i got panicked for my life. it really was, it was just that. >> very sad. >> yeah, he claimed to be clean for years, but reportedly went through a stint in lee hab last year. hoffman was found unconscious in his apartment with small bags of what is believed to be heroin nearby, and a needle in his arm. a family statement says, we are devastated by the loss of our beloved phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everybody. philip seymour hoffman was 46. >> and, mike, just as good of an actor as -- >> oh, amazing. >> -- today. >> the range, the sco

you remember him for his oscar winning roll as truman jrngts capote, and he is known for so many roles. scent of a woman, boogie nights and you see right here the accolades he was nominated after his oscar win for three other nominations and also known to direct a number of films and plays and currently involved in a show time pilot that was to be making air he was also involved in directing his second movie and had recently gotten amy adams and others to sign onto a new movie. he was someone that everyone felt was going to raise their game. last year he was struggling with addiction and said he was falling off the wagon. we are going to have much more on the untimely death of this actor right after this. my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at r

or even a high pitched short statured truman capote. a role that the booming five.w york times that hoffmann acting was like willfully real writing his molecules' to become another human being. nicholas capt. to be as willing nomen and death of a salesman on friday. but when hoffman wanted to transform his reality offscreen he turned to drugs. >>: entered rehab for the first time at age 22. >>: some press accounts say hoffmann was calling for more than 20 years but he returned to rehab last year. sunday the 46 year-old was found in his manhattan apartment after an apparent heroin overdose. critic richard brody tied hoffman's guilt to his addiction writing and the new yorker column genius weather at its most constructive or at district of its most sublime or most of of that. it's a natural for it often lived for great art tended to possible to escape the idea that he died for it. >>: and i do not know that to be the case i don't know the connection but i do know his three young children are without their father. his partner and friend to have lost all accounts this w

. >> reporter: hoffman transformed on screen into truman capote. he called it intimidating. >> i did everything i could. >> when i got "scent of a woman" when i was 24 years old and the cast director ran out into the holloway and said you got the part, i don't think i've been more joyful than that moment. >> reporter: he studied acting at new york university and enjoyed a career on stage and on screen. he garnered three tony nominations and three other nominations for "charlie wilson's war" as a nonconforming cia agent. >> my loyalty? for 24 years, people have been trying to kill me. >> you have no right to go rummaging through my past! >> i am a writer, a doctor, a nuclear physicist and philosopher but above all, i am a man. >> reporter: hoffman will be revealed for his role in more than 50 movies, include, the hunger games." >> i looked back at some of those careers last night. >> tough for his family, tough for thos kids. >> let's get to michaela pereira. beautiful necklace. >> breaking overnight, police are searching for a dang ross unmate who

capote." >> there's one singular reason i keep coming here. >> truman. >> november 14th, 1959.rs ago. >> reporter: hoffman was at sundance just a few weeks ago, looking slouchy. but that was his style. not primped or groomed like your typical hollywood star. but as "the new york times" put, it always rumpled and sleepy-looking, like an out ofwork actor. but out of work hoffman never has been. at sundance he was promoting the upcoming john le carre movie, "a most wanted man." >> your choice is between us and nobody. >> reporter: the latest of many hoffman characters who seem to be battling their inner demons. in hoffman's own case addiction was part of the mix. as he told "60 minutes," his substance abuse problems predated his acting career. >> i got sober when i was 22 years old. yeah. >> so this was drugs or alcohol or both? >> yes. all that stuff. yeah. let me get my hands up. yeah. yeah. i liked it all. yeah. >> reporter: but he insisted he had it under control. then in 2012 he checked into rehab for ten days. not long enough says the director of one prominent malibu program