Philip Seymour Hoffman quotes - page 3

I've grown to really love musicals, you know? (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other. View quote
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I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do. View quote
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I've seen a lot of friends who have a lot of great projects, whether it's a script or a play or whatever, and it is a great project and they have great people involved, and they can't make it. View quote
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I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film. View quote
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Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends. View quote
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The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do. View quote
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I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me. View quote
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One person's religion is another person's cult. View quote
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Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun for hire. View quote
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When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have. (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
The drama nerd comes out in me when I'm in a theater. View quote
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Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly. View quote
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The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere. View quote
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I think therapy is a helpful thing. I think everyone knows it. You do it for your life, you do it for yourself, because you want to explore some things, and get at the bottom of some things. It's about your life, the quality of your life. View quote
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Sometimes I'm uncomfortable with the level of fame I've got! It all depends on the day and what's going on. I don't desire any more fame. I don't need it. View quote
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When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about. View quote
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People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to. View quote
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There are a lot of things going on with my life right now that don't just have to do with career. So I have a hard time making decisions about work. That's really a luxury problem. View quote
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There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike. View quote
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I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky ones. If I didn't think that, there would be something wrong with me. I'm grateful and thankful for what I've got. (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting. View quote
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If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can. View quote
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When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately. View quote
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In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't. View quote
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