QUOTES by Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are just a gun for hire.
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I didn't go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That's what interests me.
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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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People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.
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Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.
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I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for 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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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 film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.
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You can look at anything as a cult. Churches are cults in their own way.
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I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.
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I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.
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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.'
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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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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.
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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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Sometimes I have a great day of filming and sometimes the theater strikes me better. It just depends.
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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.
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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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I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.
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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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I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.
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When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go of ultimately.
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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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You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.
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