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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• The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Body, Foibles

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• The film is made in the editing room.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Editing, Rooms, Ingredients

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• I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Careers, Ideas, Would Be

  "Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies" by James White, www.empireonline.com. February 3, 2014.

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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.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Play, People, Scripts

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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.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Grateful, Thinking, Community

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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.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Worry, Trying, Different

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• I try not to plan that too much.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Trying, Too Much, Plans

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• I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Beautiful, Empathy, Actors

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• My ideal weight is 205, actually.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Weight, Ideals

  "Philip Seymour Hoffman: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. October 10, 2012.

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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.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Desire, Needs, Levels

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• I don't know, I was young, I drank too much, you know, so I stopped. You know what I mean, it's not really complicated. I had no interest in drinking in moderation. And I still don't. Just because all that time's passed doesn't mean maybe it was just a phase. That's you know, that's who I am.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Drinking, Mean, Who I Am

  "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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• 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.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Real, Character, Play

  Interview with Meghan O'Rourke, www.slate.com. January 31, 2006.

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• Plays never feel like the right thing to do at the time.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Play, Things To Do, Feels

  "Searching for the Life of a Salesman" by Patrick Healy, www.nytimes.com. March 8, 2012.

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• Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Thinking, Directors, Film

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

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