bad movie enthusiast

"Being around Phil is a reminder of how rich and great life is." –Amy Ryan

"He gave life and honesty and breathed fullness into all his characters and work in the way only those who have been uniquely gifted and talented could chose to challenge and pursue the responsibility of possessing such a gift, with love and kindness." –Tom Hardy

"Phil is still with all of us who were blessed to know him (and/or his work)—forever." –Steven Schub

"Isn’t it worth grieving? Isn’t it worth destroying yourself in order to move on? Isn’t it worth going through whatever you need to go through in order to move on? Isn’t it worth loving somebody even if this might happen to you? Just a communal understanding that love is worth it; grieving love is also worth it and that it might be this interesting, this colorful, or this odd." –PSH "Everybody on the planet, if looked at closely enough, is worthy of being loved with the most love that you could ever give." –PSH

On the eve of Phil’s 59th birthday, here is one of his favorite poems <3 Phil was part of a 2008 anthology that collected beloved poems from several artists, and he selected a Eugene O’Neill piece as well as this one: “Inventing a Horse” by Meghan O’Rourke

Fence Cats, 2024