Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
If I don't feel like I'm doing the job well, and I don't know how to get there, or I'm too scared,… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I always knew where I needed to go but I sometimes had a problem getting there, so I had to work harder… — 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
A lot of people describe me as chubby, which seems so easy, so first-choice. Or stocky. Fair-skinned. Tow-headed. There are so many… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that. — 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 Image
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 Image
Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it. — 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
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 Image
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 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, that's beautiful… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
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 Image
