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All-time great: The actor, shown in 2005's Capote, has been praised by his peers as one of his generation's best actors
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Lonely: Philip Seymour Hoffman pictured as Truman Capote, in a scene from the film set during Capote's research for his book In Cold Blood, an account of the murder of a Kansas family
'The theater was very difficult for him,' the play's director Robert Fallstold the New York Times Sunday night.
'It cost him; there was an emotional cost to the work, having to do it for eight performances a week, and having to rehearse. In "Long Day's Journey," a role about an addict who would be dead in a number of years, who was filled with self-loathing, certainly Phil had access to those emotions.
'But I'm not talking about a method actor. He just brought every fiber of his being to the stage. He was there — with his depth of feeling, depth of humanity — and no other actor I've ever worked with ever brought it like that, not at that level.'
The actor was known for the enormous respect he commanded from his peers says director Shane Salerno who produced his documentary, Salinger, with the help of Mr Hoffman.
'To be honest, we were having trouble getting big names to participate,' said Mr Salerno.
'But when he agreed to do it, other people began getting on board. Once Phil signed up, it was like we had a seal of authenticity,' Salerno said to USA Today.
'The interviews he gave were as good as the Yale professors we spoke with. You can't imagine how intellectual he was about film, stage, literature. He was as smart as they come.'
After kicking drink and drugs, he won acclaim in 1992, aged 25, as a wealthy student in Scent Of A Woman with Al Pacino.
A string of other successes followed, including Boogie Nights (lusting after a porn star called Dirk Diggler, played by Mark Wahlberg) and The Big Lebowski, a film noir comedy directed by the Coen brothers.
But it was as a rich, twisted bully in The Talented Mr Ripley that he really made his mark, and was launched on a twin career of lucrative blockbusters (such as Mission Impossible III and The Hunger Games) and highly-praised serious films including The Savages and his directorial debut with Jack Goes Boating.
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Paying tribute: On Sunday, actress Gwyneth Paltrow posted this picture of herself alongside Philip Seymour Hoffman, a female friend and actor Jude Law from 1998
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Farewell: Back in 1999, the Oscar winners co-starred in The Talented Mr. Ripley alongside Jude Law (R) and Matt Damon
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'I am deeply saddened by his passing': Julianne Moore appeared in three films alongside the beloved star - Boogie Nights (pictured), Magnolia, and The Big Lebowski
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