Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
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In a film there a lot of people scheduling, you know.
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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.
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Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.
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The idea that you have a vision of what you're supposed to be, or going to be, or where your kids are going to be - and that that doesn't work out - is always going to be something that's going to affect people and move people.
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I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.
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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.
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I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.
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It's hard for anybody who works a lot and has children. But I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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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.
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No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.
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Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.
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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.
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You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body.
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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.
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My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater.
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Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.
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I've never been on a cruise.
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In film, you have to let go sometimes.
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I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.
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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.
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To be fair to my dad, he is one of the brightest men I've ever met.
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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.
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I got sober when I was 22 years old.
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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.