[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person. — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you think about [Truman] Capote in the - was what he did exploitative of a person's life or exploitative of these… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
When you see the carrot at the end of the stick, what do you do to get it? These kinds of things… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
There's things that you don't want to do and they keep haunting you and following you. Bennett Miller directed this project [Capote],… — 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
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