Philip Seymour Hoffman ALMOST barked his Oscar acceptance speech

A couple days before the Academy Awards, we shared news that Philip Seymour Hoffman may actually bark like a dog should he win the Best Actor honors at Sunday night's event. Well he won, but Philip didn't bark. (Were you as disappointed as I was?)

He claims he gave it serious consideration! Speaking backstage, Philip confessed he thought for a moment about barking, but he didn’t get the bark out.

“You know, I literally lost all control of my bowels up there,” he said. “I couldn’t think. I was swimming in my head. So I was lucky to get out what I got out.”

Philip has been one of my favorite under-appreciated actors since his marvelous performance in Boogie Nights and I am so pleased he won for Capote, so although I don't mean to be overly critical, perhaps someone can suggest he read the definition of the word "literally." I am quite sure he did not "literally" lose control of his bowels. That would've been gross, but oddly might've been even more appropriate had he barked like a dog.

Read more about last night's Oscars on the Toronto Sun Web site.