Truman Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman on Letterman, 1982, 2006
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- 1. April 19, 1982. Truman Capote's only guest appearance on Late Night.
2. February 22, 2006. Philip Seymour Hoffman's only guest appearance on Late Show, promoting his Oscar nomination for "Capote," which he soon won as Best Actor.
Note that Paul and the band played James Brown's "I Got the Feelin'" at the end of Truman's second segment in 1982, and the nearly-identical "Cold Sweat" at the end of Philip's only segment in 2006.
I miss Philip Seymour hoffman.gosh what an actor.
Yep. Gone too soon. 😢
I just watched "Capote" again recently and I'm still astounded by his excellent acting in all of his movies. I was disappointed that Dave didn't mention that he had interviewed Truman Capote back in 1982. I wonder if that would have been something Hoffman did not know and would have found interesting.
@@phxazjarhead Hoffman impersonation of Capote in that film is one of the greatest impersonation by any actor for any biographical film.At one point I thought that's exactly how Capote was until I get to see real Truman Capote in interview.Hoffman is one of the most diverse actors that can do roles of comedy,douchebag,leader,writer.I consider him the greatest actor of modern era
Just saw his movie A MOST WANTED MAN on youtube.
@Maciej WrOtEk He didn't have to "make up" for anything. There was nothing wrong with his appearance.
RIP to both Capote and Hoffmann-both legends, never forgotten.
Who?
@@satansalley6526😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@satansalley6526You.
Every time I would think the Capote interview was about to go off the rails, he would bring it right back in to an intelligent conversation.
Yes!!!!!!
....God knows the dull wit David letterman wouldn't have been able to-
Yes! Always, watching Capote interviewed it could soooo 'about go off the rails' and there's that delicious second when Capote reels it back in, oh oh my.
Who is here because of “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans 🦢?”
I am.
I most definitely am. Enjoying Tom Hollander's performance as well.
@@jameslacey5474I completely agree, Tom Hollander’s performance is truly outstanding.
I just finished watching You Tubes that were done quiet a few yrs ago about all of those women and him. They are great and very informative. They do portray him as a terrible gossip and they still instigator between them and they all knew it and still told them stuff. Especially Babe Paley. They were great
Me
Hoffmann was an EXQUISITE actor. He REALLY got into his roles that very few actors can do. God bless his soul. Gone FAR too soon from this earth.
Well said 👏
Totally agree! Miss him so much!
Three Xanax and a couple of martinis in and he is still a better guest than most.
Back in the day, it was Valium or Quaadue.
@@jnkcomknowing Truman, it might've even been both
👏👏Best comment of the lot! 🏆👍
@@jnkcom quaalude
No doubt! This is a surprisingly "sober appearing" self-presentation.
Truman Capote. Always fascinating to listen to. What a character he was.
Both are incredible people but I just gotta say Letterman was brilliant at interviewing unusual people and accentuating their strangeness without ridiculing them directly. He also has an effortless natural quality, one of the best interviewers I've known...glad he's still with us and still at it.
But introducing Capote with “More famous than their actual work”? I’m sure that made him wince.
Hoffman’s bio-pic performance of Capote is the only one I’ve seen that seems worthy of an Oscar. So complex and subtle. It’s so damn great.
“Joaquin I’m sorry you couldn’t be here tonight”, Dave was the absolute best at handling awkward interviews
I'm only 45 seconds into the interview and one more time wowed by Lettermen's interviewing....and look, an episode I missed with the illuminating, illustrious and astonishing human; Truman!
Dave was being low key rude .
Capote was a brilliant person.
I wish he had finished more books
Truman Capote was such an interesting and highly intelligent person whom one could sit down and a have a fascinating conversation with. What a cool dude.
I find it a shame that very little of this interview was not very intelligent
Those were Letterman’s best years. He seemed to be very comfortable, funny and interesting. As the years progressed he seemed to become really angry and somewhat crotchety. I stopped watching him when his bitterness seemed to dominate his personality.
One of my favorite Phillip Seymore Hoffman films is The Talented Mr. Ripley. He was brillliant in the part.
I concur. The Master was also another great role. Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams are in it with Hoffman.
Absolutely! He stole every scene he was in and that's tough because Jude was Matt were on their game also. I love that movie!
Tommy, how's the pepping?
@@jameslacey5474"Tommy, Tommy, Tommy....."
@acey5474"....oh, is it on the Delle Croce, just off the Courso?....you're a quick study, aren't you? Last time you didn't know your ass from your elbow and now you're giving me directions..."
Loved Capote. A fascinating character.
@@leonard2880 Salsa 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Astounded to learn that John Wayne Gacy was writing to Capote.
Wasn't it's fantasy.
Like Hitchcock, I believe half of what he says.
Gacy enjoyed a broad correspondence. He made a small pile selling his grim clown paintings to morbid collectors on the outside.
When he mentioned Gacy, it was chilling.
I totally agree. The fact that he wrote Truman over 30 letters a day. Was the Psycopath really thinking that Truman would one day publish his letters or write a book about him?
Horrifying for real
Not a bad guy for a clown
@@lenwilson3707 you'd have to assume with an ego that massive.
Yes! That caught me way off guard. Woah!
Hoffman was fascinating to watch and listen to. Very unique and NUANCED man. Heartbreaking 💔 that we lost him.
he was beautiful. he left a great mark.
Capote, here in his decline, makes more intelligent conversation than nearly anyone on TV today. With the loss of Gore Vidal some years ago as well, who is left who can still converse?
Occasionally I meet someone who isn't simply waiting for their turn to speak, needing the last word or having to one up your recent accomplishment brag with a BS story that took place 30 years ago.
Not many since the pandemic washed over the world. Conversation is like music in that if you don't practice, your phrasing and timing fall off.
It's still possible to put together a good conversation, but not on TV. You have to do it at home.
Fran Lebowitz.
@@alancoe1002 Good call.
Julian Assange is an amazing speaker, with a great vocabulary, depths of knowlege and not a lot of "y'knows" as most people insert these days. Too bad the govt doesn't appreciate his intelligence!
With respect to Jack Kerouac's "On the Road", Capote famously said "That's not writing, that's typing."
He was the pioneer of "tell all" and "no holds barred" books that were written and published. He was so ahead of his time. His book In Cold Blood started the true crime genre which he called "reportage". Answered Prayers opened the doors to part fictional/part true story writing. He was phenomenal.
Oh please. Half the Roman histories were tell-alls … written with axes to grind.
You make it sound like a good societal progression when in fact American culture's decadance was sped up considerably by the louche Capote.
@@sportiboye Louche! Like Vincent Price in “Laura.” I do not agree with your opinion, but give you massive points for the criminally underused word.
Best actor of our time, what a brilliant man. I'm sorry life was so hard and he left so soon
Dick Cavett once asked Truman who he wanted to play him in a movie. He said Garbo
It doubly warmed my heart to see Hoffman laughing and having a good time with Dave, as well as him being pals with Amy Sedaris, who is legendary. Miss you Philip.
Were not here for long, might as well enjoy life to the fullest, drop the judging, embrace friendship and be a positive beacon for people around you.
i'll hold onto ur words thank u
Douglas Kalman--Well put, my friend. I plan to show your comment to everyone I know.
So hasten your demise and crap on your immense talents by becoming a drug addict?!
Good points, but damn, I miss Hoffman.
@@Djm8520 with his childhood, it's a miracle he was even fairly functional. He had mental illness from his impossible childhood, and no love during it, and dad who was married 7 times and a mother who was severely mentally “not there” for even herself. They shipped him off to relatives many times. Dad became none existent.
It's a miracle he survived to be an adult. His life was very similar to one of the In Cold Blood killers... But Truman took a different road. He was a living Miracle for how he turned out.
Incredible writer...read everything he wrote .Truman exemplifies.."You can't judge a book by its cover".. RIP Tru and Phil
i think he exemplifies that bigots like you should not be judging people by how they look
Not sure Capote was the actual outhor of much of his writing. History may prove that to be the case.
I was thinking this exactly! What I’d the same words came out of a young man’s mouth?
"IN MY LIFE TIME"; to see (and listen to) Truman Capote...wow.
Easily the most intriguing and compellingly funny Guest Letterman ever did.
16:06 “I’ve only told 10% of the truth and they were already in a state of screaming hysteria” - Truman Capote quoting Albert Camus
Dave's First Year...My mother and sister were early admirers of Dave,and saw the show the first season..Those NBC years were groundbreaking and hysterical and were the roots of my entire sense of humor. Time just has gone too fast
Will miss Philip Seymour forever….
I have just watched Phillip in Flawless. What a sad loss as he was an actor who was up there with the very best
He was so good in that.
He was the best American actor of his generation.
@@eugene2596 No argument from me. Phillip was an incredibly gifted actor and in my opinion, is in a very small elite group. He sits alongside Daniel Day-Lewis
@@skygazer6898 Agree. I'd put Heath Ledger in that ballpark, too.
I would like to know why PSH took his life; one of America's greatest contemporary actors, a great loss.
They actually had a good rapport during this interview Truman did not seem to mind David at all, when I expected him to be annoyed, It’s unusual that Dave was on his best behavior but considering the stature of his guest, understandable. This is a fascinating mind, brilliant man
I remember watching this and could not wait for the Oscars because I knew Hoffman would win. He was in a movie with DeNiro called "Flawless that was sensational, too. Hoffman was a fabulous actor. Such a sad ending to a beautiful life. Thanks for posting.
Capote was a wonderful writer.
Phillip Hoffman is greatly missed by true actors and the craft.
Blown away with comment about spending weekends tap dancing to Louis Armstrong band......how cool
Satchmo started his music career as a youngster performing.
He was one of America 's Best writers-COLD BLOOD- BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S anyone here in feb.-2021
I like all Capote's books, but my favourites were his non-fiction, especially the travel book "The dogs bark". "In cold blood" I found so horrifying, that even years later I can't reread it.
Here in Feb 2024
Truman Capote was so incredibly witty, and even here delightful to listen to, after years of drug and alcohol abuse. It's truly a shame that he wasn't able to find some kind of recovery, and perhaps been able to live longer. He was an amazing talent as a writer, and a fascinating individual.
This is true; by this time he had mostly given up. You can tell that he's loaded here; as Dave speaks and Capote has to come back to Earth before he can answer. But Dave could remember having to study Capote in school when he had just written "In Cold Blood" and was considered a genius - you can see the almost exaggerated respect he shows him(and Capote just basking in the gaslight glow).
But he knew that he had screwed up big time when he published an excerpt from his "work in progress" and betrayed all those society women, who cut him off from their social circle because of it; there's a hit Netflix TV series about it now. He would die a few years after this appearance; but you can see the brilliance there, still locked in his head, mostly unused.
Same can be said of Philip Seymour Hoffman RIP
“He’s gone and I’m barely here” lol
Brilliant film watch it every six months
Shame that he passed in 84 and hadn't been on Late Night more - simply a perfect fit for the show and great guest. And Hoffman, a crime that his life ended so far sooner than it should have. Rest in Peace, Truman, and Philip.
Yeah, a *literal* crime, given that Hoffman OD'd on heroin.
@@justintime1343 --I know that it must be told. (How he died.) But, so many people hear it, & then think. "Well, he was asking for it." I am pretty sure it was an accident. Also, anyone who ever drank any alcohol, & felt a warm fuzzy feeling? Should understand wanting to alter your state of being for a little while.
I seem to recall Philip featured on the Late Night more than once. You sure about this "fact"?
@@patriciawright8786 Yes.. drinking alcohol is exactly the same as heroin. lol
@@justintime1343 Nasty, no need.
Mr Hoffman did the best Capote and both of their lives was tragic and I think that's why he did it so well😢
Philip Hoffman was so brilliant, such a loss to lose him so young, he had so many great projects ahead
What a goddamn shame about PSH. He was an amazing actor and from all I've heard a sweet guy too.
Yeah i was just thinking the same.
Exactly. A guy like him can't be replaced.
Heroin...
Did you have to swear?God's name is sacred
When I listen to Truman Capote talk, I think: this is what a person should be. When he began, you could tell that the typical Dave audience were tittering because of the girly voice. Not long afterwards, they realised that he wasn't just a famous writer they'd never read but that if he recited the alphabet he reckons he can't, it would be worth listening to. Just a hugely interesting human being, and naturally funny without trying. Such a crying shame about PSH, a genius actor.
@@pmbbmp It's called a lisp.
@Charlie King I'm a girl. What do we sound like? 😋😋
@Charlie King I was just teasing you, but that is a great explanation! 🤭🤭💙💙
PS Hoffman is my favorite actor of all time- even over; Jack Nicholson, Deniro, Brando, whoever...
Gays & lesbians aren't interesting. Because they're all sheep.
Pride of the south! He and Ms Harper Lee!
Thank you so much for these fun memories during this time of isolation.
In the last few years I went on a Capote spree, reading some of this work and lots of non-fiction about him. I really miss the guy. I also knew Buckley was dead wrong -- based on reading his pet prisoner's book, which had a confession as I understood it -- and seeing Truman agree with me just makes me yearn for his conversation even more. I have seen about four movies about him and of course three movies on In Cold Blood. All worth viewing.
“He’s gone and I’m barely here”. That was hysterically funny.
He’s gone and I’m barely here.
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PSH , brilliant actor and much missed . May he RIP .
Wow!! Brilliant interview. Deepest gratitude for sharing this. 🙏💙
This is one Great post.
Thank you
Mr. Capote should of recieved a standing ovation!!! Seriously.
He would have first corrected your grammar.
@@dongiller🤓😎🤣
I doubt that he would have used a split infinitive.@@dongiller
@@jeepee71”don’t split infinitives” is a false rule, and in sure Capote knew that. Furthermore, dongiller didn’t use any infinitives, so tf are you about?
@@malvavisco10 You'd have to acknowledge no-one's perfect; including your own good self, eh?
Deep cut: Paul plays "Suddenly Seymour" from "Little Shop" as Philip Seymour Hoffman's walkout music.
Just a fascinating man, Truman. The swans have resparked an interest. Phillip Seymour, another amazing actor.
Love you Truman capote love your voice and Seymour is no better person to play you
Thank you so very much for this. 🎀
I’m fascinated by this man
I only have recently discovered his work and I cannot believe how this guy flew under my radar
In Cold Blood? Breakfast at Tiffany’s? You never heard of these?
Hoffman was a fantastic actor . RIP ! Truman Capote was childhood friends with Lee Harper . The character Dill was based on Capote, in the book To Kill A Mockingbird . Harpers father was as attorney and she and Capote would listen in on his court cases .
Harper Lee
Wow really? Nice!
Capote an incredible writer.
PSH: One of the all-time greats. Sadly missed. Great post, Don.
BOY, talk about a guest who'd you love to see more of on that show.
spuzzlightyeartoo Truman was on Carson many times, some of it can be found on CZcams
Sadly, Capote's alcohol and drug addiction had spiraled past the point of no return by 1982. He was 57 on the date of the Letterman appearance, but he could have passed for a man in his 70s. He was only able to 'function' on certain days. Fortunately Letterman caught him on one of his good days.
@@The4preston --Sounds like myself. No reason to judge him for it. Everyone has different Stuff going on. I was beautiful, & a health nut, & a Gym-Rat! When a DRUNK DRIVER hit me in the middle of the day. He died instantly, & hospitalized me for 3 months. I went back to being in great shape for yrs. NOW, I HURT ALL OVER! (Doctors, say it's from that early TRAUMA?)
SEYMOUR WAS A GREAT ACTOR. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
ps hoffman amazing depiction
I've always been fascinated with Truman
He was such a cute little boy and just aged retaining his boyish features.
I definitely need to see the movie. Great interview as usual Dave.
the movie is free on Amazon I couldn't watch more than 5 minutes as PSH just comes off as a hollow shell in comparison but maybe you will see it differently
@@blueishxx ok thank you
Philip Seymour Hoffman: Great personality, incredible talent as an actor, and had Amy Sedaris as a friend. He had it all. How the hell did he end up on heroin?!
Having it all isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
He seems like such a chill, nice guy. Like your friend.
There is a pharmaceutical reason he seems "chill."
Capote was a brilliant writer!
What a delightful interview with Truman. And I've been a huge fan of Truman's since reading in Cold Blood in college. The man was a genius & an addict and a tortured soul. And yes, In Cold Blood was his downfall. His unknown achilles.
Watching Capote here, I feel like I'm watching Capote imitating Hollander imitating Capote.
May Philip Rest in Power😢😞✌🏼
Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood - in the top 5 books I’ve ever read.
Nobody could really know him completely..he was eccentric..brilliant..with an iq of possibly. Over 200..todays audiences wouldnt even listen ..with the 30 sec attention span of todays youth
Three tests had him at 185.
What an interesting man T. Capote was. Love to hear him discuss his Life.
He was such a great writer and he was such a brilliant guest.
I miss him so much! What a tragic waste.
I think an actor will much sooner be forgotten than a worldfamous writer.
what a fascinating guy. thank you for the time you took for posting this video
Thanks again Don! 5:35 TC mentions John Gacy (does not elicit a reaction?!)
Outside of Chicago no one had any idea who Gacy was. Just another in a long line a 1970s serial killers. Capote talks about him at some length to an interviewer in the book "Conversations With Capote."
sloburnjo--Isn't this just amazing. I was born AFTER these men were dead. I gasped when I heard it.
@@JeffRebornNow thanx for the context
Marlon Brando was probably the only other actor who could've played Truman in a movie and pulled it off.
I think Truman here actually plays Marlon Brando
@@batsspiderssweety3784LOL
I miss 😢.
Brilliant! such an intriguing man was capote
He was essentially a psychopath, or sociopath if you prefer, according to Harper Lee. Their relationship ended because as she said, Truman did not believe the rules of the world that apply to everyone else applied to him. For himself there was no right or wrong. Having read his biography it is clear that he used and exploited people without any conscience or consideration.
Wow 1982. I had no idea this show was on for so long.
And that was the beginning of the end for Mr. Capote!!!
My favorite 20th century author...
I feel like DL purposefully did not mention to PSH that he not only knew TC but actually interviewed him so that PSH would give him his honest opinion of what his impression of TC was like.
Typo in your description, Don. 1992. Thanks again for your great uploads.
Thanks for finding it. Fixed.
Truman!! ☮️💟
Two geniuses.
I think Truman was a brilliant and gentle soul .
For all the turmoil in his soul, his sparkling talent as a writer can never be diminished. It's just a sad shame that he as a person was eventually diminished by extreme substance abuse. I have an autographed copy of Music for Chameleons !
He was tough as nails. He was small and had an iron will
Except when he was telling all his friend's secrets in a book 😉
Capote was probably one of the greatest authors to ever live. However, when observing him, you must take in the whole man. He was a horrible, rude, arrogant, cruel heartless man. He used people as he pleased and only cared for himself. But he was extremely intelligent. I see him as a sort of hollow giant, a person who was this huge figure who looms high in the twentieth-century American canon, but was someone of no moral standing who could be actually somewhat dangerous for one to admire and idolize.
Brilliant yes!! Gentle…? Wouldn’t say that…
This bloke gives me chills! Couldn’t handle listening to this!!!
@cornelius washington Your extensive text provided me with lots of information to muse over. Thank you very much indeed. 😊
They both awkwardly get up at the end of their segments in a similar manner
Ben Pier If u mean Truman, he seemed to respect the likes of Carson and Cavett more than whimzy Letterman. It really shows if u watch Truman on other shows.
Letterman was great, but wasnt going for the intellectual stuff
Do away with your new age nonsensery
One of the great actors in history. Sad that he deprived us from his talent so soon.
Seba--Right, that's what is so tragic about Hoffman's ACCIDENTAL O.D. Not that his young children will never know him! You need to be better informed about what addiction is. IT'S A DISEASE! Someday we will probably cure it? Until then you should try to be a little less judgementall about it.
If you are struggling with addiction/mental health please ask someone for help. You are loved and important.❤
Fascinating interview with Capote. You do great work, Don. Thank you!
Oh, I've been meaning to ask you if it's true that the late, great writer/broadcaster Jean Shepherd made a guest shot early on with Letterman? Someone told me he was on in either March 1982 or March 1983. I'm a big fan of Shep's work at WOR and was curious, as few TV interviews with him seem to exist.
He did. March 10, 1982.
Tomorrow.
5:50 now everyone knows the name of John Wayne Gacy
Can't say it was a bad thing they put that maniac down. I always wondered what happened to his wife. Seemed complicit...
His sister defended him so much
@@mp5249 Good point. She knew nothing? Unlikely.
@@nadiazahroon6573 John Wayne Gacy's sister? What did she say? What possible defense could there be?
Damnit, what a huge hole in our culture Philip left. I miss him.
Letterman made Truman relax and be himself. What a graceful interview, yet also funny, giving the audience value for their money, but without putting Truman out or make him uncomfortable. Quite a feat given the weirdness factor is pretty high with that dude.
A feat given Dave played the a.hole host
@@sloburnjo Well, he wasn't one in this interview. Guess he had some kind of respect for Capo for whatever reason. One would think a country boy like Dave had little understanding, but there you go...
Dave did good
Cavitt was better at it.
@@bovnycccoperalover3579 Dave was a good comedian. Dick wasn't. Totally different personalities. Different viewpoints. All good
Marlon Brando based his voice in Apocalypse Now on Truman Capote.
I've often thought that. This is the first time I've ever seen this written.
Truman Capote could spin a tale even if just for entertainment purposes.
Now I get Truman Capote. When I was a kid I didn't. Don't judge a book by its cover. I believe everything he said. Most interesting was his opinion about these psycho killers that some writers embraced and helped get released from prison. He found that despicable and I applaud his common sense. "I do not." I've read "In Cold Blood" and I've seen both "Capote" films on that subject. This interview with Dave belies Capote's friendship and love with Perry Smith the killer. Both films document that and I was angered that Capote arranged Smith's appeal. And the glorifying of a despicable act in Capote's book. I see it differently now. Capote was using Smith as a quid pro quo, appeal for an honest first person account of those murders. Which he got and which would be impossible under any other circumstance but confessions to a lover- a very, very persuasive lover. Convicts are squirly fucks by nature. Lying to them is like breathing. We should be greatful as a society for the truth brought out in the confessional part of "In Cold Blood." Capote was complisent in trying to block Smith's execution, not his release. The interview with Dave made that clear without it ever being explicit.