The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.

Soon after graduating he went to rehab for drug and alcohol addiction and has since remained sober. They met while working on the 1999 play In Arabia We'd All Be Kings which Hoffman directed. He is the son of Marilyn L.

He joined the LAByrinth Theater Company in 1995 and has directed and performed in numerous stage productions. He received another three Academy Award nominations for his supporting work in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) Doubt (2008) and The Master (2012).