Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes - Page 4

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• Actors are responsible to the people we play.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Play, People, Actors

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  People, Acting, Actors

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. September 15, 2010.

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• I got sober when I was 22 years old.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Years, Sober

  "Philip Seymour Hoffman: Life, work and demons". "60 Minutes", www.cbsnews.com. February 9, 2014.

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• In film, you have to let go sometimes.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Letting Go, Sometimes, Film

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. September 15, 2010.

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• I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with those things.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Insecurity, Doe, Insecurity And Fear

  "Philip Seymour Hoffman: 'I was moody, mercurial... it was all or nothing'". Interview With Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2011.

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• I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Play, Acting, Nervous

  "A Higher Calling" by Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. December 19, 2008.

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• My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years because my image of being a man was a deformed one.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Strong, Teenage, Men

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Yeah, writers do hate writing.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Hate, Writing, Yeah

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• I know that obviously, that if you want to get the story, if you want to get close to somebody, if you want to find out what is really the truth or what's really interesting, you have to create a trust between these two things, between the journalist and the subject.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Two, Interesting, Stories

  Source: www.pbs.org

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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.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Priorities, Acting, Way

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• Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Thinking, Acting, Difficult

  Source: www.pbs.org

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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.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Hard Times, Careers, Luxury

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• I've never been on a cruise.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Cruise

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• If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Practice, Acting, Stage Actors

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• My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Girlfriend, Costumes, Designer

  "Philip Seymour Hoffman Interview - THE SAVAGES". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. November 28, 2007.

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• In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Opportunity, Missing, Knows

  "A Higher Calling" by Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. December 19, 2008.

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• My mum is incredibly intelligent.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Intelligent, Mum

  "Philip Seymour Hoffman: 'I was moody, mercurial... it was all or nothing'". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2011.

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• People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  People, Kind, Used

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• When you read, you think, and when you smoke, you think. It's a pleasurable thing, and not a duty.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Thinking, Duty, Smoke

  Interview with Ryan Bartelmay, believermag.com. May 15, 2018.

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• I would never not work on the part without it playing. That's what being an actor is. You use everything that's influenced you to help you get out of yourself or be more creative.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Creative, Use, Actors

  Interview with Ryan Bartelmay, believermag.com. May 15, 2018.

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• I feel like the need to want to create and make something is stronger than the difficulties are going through.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Stronger, Needs, Want

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I do feel like all the people I meet, all the people I'm in discussions with, if I'm working with somebody, I sense the same energy that everybody is suffering from the same predicament.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  People, Suffering, Energy

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've grown to really love musicals, you know?

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Knows

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• We really enjoy that, having a relationship with writers, developing material and getting a director, actors, that we have kind of that family kind of as a group we're going to do it together mentality in a project. Then the tough part is - so what actually goes has very little to do with us sometimes.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Together, Directors, Groups

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If I'm directing actors, I learn about acting that way. If I'm acting, I learn about directing that way. Producing is just something that's come about because there's projects I find interesting that I would like to help get done.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Interesting, Acting, Actors

  Source: www.pbs.org

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