Gay Guys, Tornado Chasers, & Lester Bangs

I have been very fond of Philip Seymour Hoffman for quite some time. My first conscious recollection of him is the creepy guy from The Talented Mr. Ripley. He seemed to blow up after that. One reason I think I have a dude crush on him is that he is featured in most films by the consistently bad ass, Paul Thomas Anderson. One role I like in particular from those films was Hoffman as the gay guy from Boogie Nights. He also pulls off the gay guy from Capote (Capote), quite extraordinarily. Conversely, he can convincingly be the bad guy like a fraudulent mattress store owner in Punch Drunk Love and the villain from Mission Impossible 3. It is always a good feeling to know when going into a movie theater or rental store that you are spending your ever dwindling money on a film that will be good, or at least Phil will...feel will...feel wheel...