The Single Philip Seymour Hoffman Scene That Changed My Life
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It was the year 2000. We  had survived Y2K. But I hadn’t yet survived high school. As both a decidedly unpopular, moderately depressed senior and an aspiring entertainment journalist, Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous hit me like a freight train. (I’ve since written at least five essays on the film… even though I never became that reporter I had wanted to be.)

One scene in particular cemented my love for the film with the line: “The only currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” That line was spoken by Philip Seymour Hoffman. I didn’t know Hoffman, but this single line from a single scene in Cameron Crowe’s only masterpiece made me love him. When people asked who may favorite actor was, Hoffman was always the answer.

So here’s the scene that made that final year of high school bearable and changed my life in the process:

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