Dept. of Word Lists

Choice Words from Philip Seymour Hoffman's Roles

Philip Seymour Hoffman died on Sunday at the age of 46. One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, he had the uncanny ability to inhabit a role and make it memorable, no matter how much or how little screen or stage time he actually had. With Choice Words from Philip Seymour Hoffman's Roles, we honor the actor with eleven vocabulary words pulled from dialogue from the roles he played. 

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