Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
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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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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I find end-of-the-world stuff enthralling - to imagine how life will be in the future on Earth and in space!
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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There's plenty of people who've never gotten the opportunity to wrestle at WrestleMania. To perform there and do that, I never thought it would ever happen. I had learned to live with it. So to say I did, that is a big notch in my belt.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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When I saw the first I couldn't believe I was in another great movie that would be made into a trilogy. This movie is quite visible and I think it will stand the test of time. I think kids and parents will love this movie for a long time.
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When you're having conversations about actors, you realize these same conversations have happened about you. If you want to make a film for $5m, then you cast A, B and C, but if you want $20m, you won't be able to cast them, you need X, Y and Z.
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After you ride a roller coaster that's been going up for a year and a half, and you reach the pinnacle and then dive straight down with no gradual decline, it's a little disorienting. I didn't know how to take losing.
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A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.
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I'm so happy when I'm working.
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There has to be a better, smarter way to authenticate who somebody is. Social Security numbers are floating out there everywhere.
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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.
