Overview

• He says he wishes he could seek personal and professional guidance from his late father, calling Philip Seymour Hoffman his favorite actor.
• Hoffman admits he would be terrified for his father to judge his work, even as he believes his dad would respond with empathy.
• He initially tried to avoid acting and considered fashion school before Paul Thomas Anderson persuaded him to audition for Licorice Pizza.
• His breakout led to a Golden Globe nomination and further screen roles, plus an Off-Broadway turn earlier this year.
• He stars in The Long Walk, set for theaters Sept. 12, and says drawing on his own loss made sense, while reported casting links him to playing Greg Brockman in a Sam Altman biopic.