Honestly, I am very shocked. I really liked him as an actor. Although, this is the first time I'm hearing that he ever had a struggle with heroin. Source
From what I read today, he was allegedly sober for some years. Worst case scenario: it's an old habit that he started picking up again recently enough. A formidable chameleon and a scene-stealer, Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of those few character actors that you just knew, and rarely had to think "Wait, don't I know this guy from something else?" The news hit me pretty hard when I first read it. He was truly more of a guy who worked in movies than a celebrity. A massive, notorious ego, but one that was not in greater display than his evident talent; not a terrible guy to start off with though, just a big ego.
You know, It's becoming a joke I'll be honest. No disrespect but it always is speculation of drug overdose and etc again no disrespect or anything cause I know this type of thing isn't really the time or place when someone dies but It's becoming really annoying how most of it is due to drug overdose. You would have thought they'd know to calm down or something but eh. Well I was never a big fan of the man himself, I'll be honest I just need to vent my feelings with these constant celebrity drug over dose deaths. But I hope his family can get through it that's mainly what I can say because I really only watched Hunger games not much of his other stuff. Don't kill me for my venting
Rude much? Look I don't disagree with you on the whole deal with actors and drugs, and I certainly don't defend what Hoffman did to himself, but there's a time and place to vent on such things, and this thread sure isn't it. Regardless of whatever mistakes the guy did (as stupid as they were), he still had people that loved him and will miss him a lot, and I feel that's good enough for him to be remembered. You sir get no respect from me.
Well, Drug overdose is becoming more and more prevalent. It's just a part of our culture now to do drugs. I know plenty of non-celebrities who do drugs, and I have seen people, regular people, suffer the same fates of recents like PSH and Corey Monteith. The real arguement, and really where most of the debate stems from, is "How come this actor is a sad story, while this regular person is just a junkie?". My simple answer is: We're judging by the life we know outside of the drugs. If you're the guy who does absolutely nothing except shoot up all day long, then you are probably a junky. If you affect the world around you more proactively, however, it's likely that you'll be remembered more for what you did outside of your own private life. It's been the cornerstone of Diplomats and Celebrities for ages. You can really do anything; not just be the guy who talks well on a screen. What surprises me is the evident lack of understanding in a world that is heavily involved in drug use. What was once the spark of rebellion is now a mundane, rudimentary activity. A major proponent of LSD use was Aldous Huxley, an author and an intellectual. His writings on drug use made him what is considerably "The Godfather of Modern Drug Use", but his intent was something more along the lines of examples like Andy Warhol creating through drug consumption rather just the base notion of "Hey, man, my dad said LSD is bad. We should do it, trip and stuff, because reasons and stuff". I'll admit. It has become a bit of a joke just how many people of some import fall to addiction. It's a joke with no punchline. PSH is dead, and he truly was not the most important man on earth, but there's just so much unfairness in it all. He had a successful career, a family (Keyboard crusaders of Reddit are really cracking down on the age of his kids that he left behind, and wave their fingers and other such condescending things that must produce some silly feeling of self-importance), and allegedly he'd been sober for some time. It's not that I'd give anything to bring him back, but I certainly wish things had gone differently.
