Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes
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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.
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Plays never feel like the right thing to do at the time.
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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.
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I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.
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When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about.
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Actors are responsible to the people we play.
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I think I'm less anonymous than I was.
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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.
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I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.
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In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.
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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.
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The drama nerd comes out in me when I'm in a theater.
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The size of my head though is pretty abnormal.
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People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
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One person's religion is another person's cult.
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When people don't know who you are, they're seeing your work for the first time. But if they've seen a lot, getting certain things across is a more difficult.
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Actors are investigators.
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The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.
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There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.
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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.
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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.
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The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do.
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You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.
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Creating something is all about problem-solving.