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  • A lot of traits that I think a lot of people carry in one grain or another, you know.

  • Just a few weeks before his shocking death, Hollywood actor Philip Seymour Hoffman brought

  • his new film A Most Wanted Man to the Sundance Film Festival. And this is one of his final interviews.

  • Lovely to see you, and I just wanted to know. What was your biggest challenge with bringing

  • this character to the big screen?

  • Biggest challenge...

  • It's the same challenge you always have. I mean, to do right by the story and to try

  • to illuminate it in a way that hopefully is surprising, you know?

  • What did you connect with most in your character?

  • I connected a lot of it. I think it'd be hard for anyone not to connect with the loneliness.

  • He's pretty lonely. He's very driven, obsessive guy. You know? He's not unforgiving of himself

  • in a lot of ways. Lot of traits that I think a lot of people carry in one grain or another, you know.

  • The father of three was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday, following an

  • apparent drug overdose.

  • The 46-year-old's cause of death has yet to be confirmed, but the New York Police Department

  • is investigating.

  • A Most Wanted Man is still scheduled to launch in August.

A lot of traits that I think a lot of people carry in one grain or another, you know.

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