We are all vulnerable; it’s just that some of us are better at managing how our vulnerability is manifested.

Esquire wrote a thoughtful article about Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death, his genius with character acting, and its cost.

Hoffman was beyond charismatic. He conflicted us by inducing empathy for the messy and unseemly. He connected to a part of our inner selves too fragile to share with anyone else. He was a master. RIP