Philip Seymour Hoffman quotes - page 2

There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time. (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I had a father who was a traveling salesman.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
My ideal weight is 205, actually.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I've never been on a cruise.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be. (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'
Philip Seymour Hoffman
My soul is in good shape.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I think I'm less anonymous than I was.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Ultimately what I'll do next is up in the air for me.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I don't want to repeat myself.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Yeah, writers do hate writing.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have passion for the person.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
If you're a human being walking the earth, you're weird, you're strange, you're psychologically challenged.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.
Philip Seymour Hoffman