Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
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I am an unrepentant tweetaholic. I use the communications service all day long to discover news, interesting tidbits and, of course, to flack the work of our tech and media news site, Re/code.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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We also can't try to take over and rebuild every country that falls into crisis. That's not leadership; that's a recipe for quagmire, spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately weakens us. It's the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq - and we should have learned it by now.
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Who'd give up sunny California for the grey old Earls Court Road? I'm looking out at blue skies and the mountains and trees, and it's so beautiful.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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Music is how you feel.
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Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with her really well, and I enjoyed her perspective on life. I think she's really talented and very, very funny.
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I enjoy singing my songs in front of people.
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I just developed my act way back in the late '80s. I went to college in Georgia, so I picked up the Southern accent. I talked like that with my friends all the time, because it was fun. It was funny... All my friends were real Southern. We're buddies, so I'd say stuff to make them laugh. So that was pretty much it.
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I've always said, I prefer the opera to the soap - those extreme characters and circumstances.
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I know people whose entire lives are ruined by fame. If you make yourself exclusive, people want to break that down, but if you go about doing your shopping, no one bugs you.
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When someone praises me for some speech uploaded on YouTube, I politely tell them I've been acting for many years.
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People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
