Separating interviewee from static background

I have several filmed interviews made with a locked-off camera and need to separate the interviewee (foreground) from the background, so that I can reduce background levels, defocus, etc. I’ve done this laboriously for some shots using a combination of roto, luma keying and even chroma keying, i.e.
http://blog.beyondblueeyes.com/2008/…ip-camera.aspx
but I’m wondering whether I’m missing a more obvious and less laborious way.

The interviewee is nearly always moving to some degree, and I’ve wondered whether difference matting would be an idea (I’ve tried basic difference matting, and it didn’t seem to work that great).

Thanks
Greg

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