You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Acting's difficult for me because I think you have to be passionately involved in what you're doing. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Study, find all the good teachers and study with them, get involved in acting to act, not to be famous or for… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said,… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I'm probably more personal when I'm acting than at any other time. More open, more direct. Because it allows me to be… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
If I'm directing actors, I learn about acting that way. If I'm acting, I learn about directing that way. Producing is just… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
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… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
My favorite thing about acting is being alone and going through the scripts and working on it and getting ideas and asking… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
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… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
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… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
I was a breed of people who aren't capable of doing anything, really. At college I began to get the idea that being macho… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
I would definitely say pleasure is not happiness. Because I think I kill pleasure. Like I take too much of it in, and therefore… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
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… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
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… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share
