I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are… — 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
Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think directors should be confident in their leadership capabilities. I think directors should be confident in what they want to do. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Film's hard when you don't have any relationship with the director at all and you just show up. Then you really are… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think Magnolia is one of the best films I've ever seen and I can say that straight and out and anybody… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's hard to say no. Ultimately, if you stick to your guns, you have the career that you want. Don't get… — 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
We really enjoy that, having a relationship with writers, developing material and getting a director, actors, that we have kind of that… — 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
You must be really bad, because it is a puzzle. Creating anything is hard. It’s a cliché thing to say, but every… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
Frankly, I get much more sensitive about what's written about me than how I look in a photo. I'm so used to… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get… — 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
