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title: "13 Kind Quotes By Philip Seymour Hoffman"
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> [I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-like-so-many-different-kinds-of-music-just-because-all-i-did-was/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [People aren't going to throw the kind of money at certain people that they used to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/people-aren-t-going-to-throw-the-kind-of-money-at-certain-people-that/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/539/philip-seymour-hoffman-2704_certain_people-aren-t-going-to-throw-the-kind-of_1452407.jpg)

> [Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/films-are-always-a-fiction-not-documentary-even-a-documentary-is-a/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/why-you-do-something-is-always-kind-of-a-mystery-to-me/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [Directing is a really kind of amazing thing, because you're helping others and, in the middle of that, you have to worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/directing-is-a-really-kind-of-amazing-thing-because-you-re-helping/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [I think you ultimately have to love who you're playing. You have to have that kind of feeling. You have to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-think-you-ultimately-have-to-love-who-you-re-playing-you-have-to/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/you-know-the-circus-performer-who-spins-the-plates-in-the-air-you/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/philip-seymour-hoffman-2704_acting_you-know-the-circus-performer-who-spins_1816723.jpg)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/a-lot-of-people-describe-me-as-chubby-which-seems-so-easy-so-first/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/philip-seymour-hoffman-2704_attractive_a-lot-of-people-describe-me-as-chubby-wh_2002276.jpg)

> [When you see the carrot at the end of the stick, what do you do to get it? These kinds of things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/when-you-see-the-carrot-at-the-end-of-the-stick-what-do-you-do-to-get/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [ With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what \[Truman Capote\]'s getting at there, and the importance of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/with-good-night-and-good-luck-i-think-it-s-kind-of-obvious-what/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [We really enjoy that, having a relationship with writers, developing material and getting a director, actors, that we have kind of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/we-really-enjoy-that-having-a-relationship-with-writers-developing/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/acting-is-so-difficult-for-me-that-unless-the-work-is-of-a-certain/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/when-you-re-acting-you-re-subjective-when-you-re-a-director-you-re/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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## Other authors on Kind

## More by Philip Seymour Hoffman

> [To act well isn't an easy thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/to-act-well-isn-t-an-easy-thing/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-would-never-not-work-on-the-part-without-it-playing-that-s-what/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [I have a fine level of recognition in the business and among the acting community now, so I consider myself one of the lucky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-have-a-fine-level-of-recognition-in-the-business-and-among-the/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [I don't want to repeat myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-don-t-want-to-repeat-myself/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/life-s-pretty-funny-when-you-re-objectively-on-the-outside-looking-at/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-don-t-get-nervous-when-i-m-directing-a-play-it-s-not-like-acting/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-was-a-breed-of-people-who-aren-t-capable-of-doing-anything-really/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [I would definitely say pleasure is not happiness. Because I think I kill pleasure. Like I take too much of it in, and therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-would-definitely-say-pleasure-is-not-happiness-because-i-think-i/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [Creating anything is hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/creating-anything-is-hard/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/for-me-acting-is-torturous-and-it-s-torturous-because-you-know-it-s-a/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/when-you-re-playing-someone-who-really-lived-you-carry-a-burden-a/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [In a film there a lot of people scheduling, you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/in-a-film-there-a-lot-of-people-scheduling-you-know/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-like-so-many-different-kinds-of-music-just-because-all-i-did-was/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/i-ve-seen-a-lot-of-friends-who-have-a-lot-of-great-projects-whether/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

> [You have all the influence you choose to have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-seymour-hoffman/you-have-all-the-influence-you-choose-to-have/)

[Philip Seymour Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-seymour-hoffman/)

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