Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes - Page 6

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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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• 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 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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• 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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• A self-awareness moment. All of a sudden everything he has done comes flashing into his mind, a self-criticism that is unbearable.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Self, Mind, Criticism

  "'Capote' star Hoffman already an Oscar favorite", www.today.com. September 12, 2005.

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• I was probably finding my feet more than anybody. I really have to say I was more obsessed with myself faltering than anybody else.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Feet, Obsession, Obsessed

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• Sometimes I take a temperature of things just because everyone else does. Especially when I'm doing a play. I want to know what people are thinking, positive or negative.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Thinking, Play, People

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Funny, Thinking, People

  "Tales of Hoffman" by Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. November 19, 2000.

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• Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Have A Great Day, Sometimes, Theater

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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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• With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of how it's playing out today, that is journalism doing, are the journalists doing their job, are they being the other checks and balances in our country that the way that obviously Edward R. Murrow was back then.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Good Night, Country, Jobs

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• [Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Writing, Truman, Selling

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When you see the carrot at the end of the stick, what do you do to get it? These kinds of things that come up, that come up in the story of Capote writing "In Cold Blood," and when you see the movie, you'll see what I'm talking about.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Writing, Blood, Talking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There's things that you don't want to do and they keep haunting you and following you. Bennett Miller directed this project [Capote], who is a friend of mine since I was 16, and Danny Futterman wrote it, and he's also been a friend of mine since I was 16.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Haunting, Want, Projects

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• When you're acting, you're subjective; when you're a director, you're more objective.You're kind of watching from the outside and helping others, and therefore I learn my mistakes through others, and also my assets through others.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Mistake, Helping Others, Acting

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• You have to have a personal connection. You have to really want to do it, because if you don't, investing yourself personally, your thoughts, your emotions, yourself into a part, is something you're not going to want to do as much.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Connections, Investing, Want

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If all people are encouraged to actually see who they're coexisting with, or even if they're not coexisting with other people.It's like to look at the world you're in.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  People, Looks, World

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Talking, People, Personal Life

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• You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Careers, Acting, Actors

  "Philip Seymour Hoffman Interview - DOUBT". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 21, 2008.

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• The film is made in the editing room.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Editing, Rooms, Ingredients

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